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ABTBt 8CISNTIA VSftlTAS 




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HISTORY 

O F 

I R ELAND, 

From the Year i5'99, to 1603. 

With a (hort Narration of the State of 

the Kingdom from the Year iKJ^. 
To which is added, A 

DESCRIPTION 

O F 

IRELAND. 



By FTNESMORTSON, Gent. 

Secretary to the LaifUttrntjoy, then Lord Deputy. 

In Two Volumes. 
Vol. I. 



7) V £ L I N: 

• Printed by S. P o w e l Ly 

For George Ewing, at the u^agel and Bibis 
in Dame-ftreet^ Bookfellcr. Mdccxxxv. 



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THE 



NAMES 



OF THE' 



SUBSCRIBERS. 



SIR Arthur Alchifon 
B 
John Bowes, Efq; his Majefty*s Sollicitor General 
Sir Walter Burroughs 
Henry Brook, Efqj 
Revd. Dr. Caleb de Butts 

C 
Rt. Hon.Thomas Carter, Efqs Mafterof theRoll% 

2 Setts 
JSir Richard Cox, Bart. 
George Cuppaidge, Efq > 
John Cramer, Efq 5 
David Chaigneau, Efq^ 
Dr. Fra. Corbet 

Walter Cope, Efqs of DrummuUy 
George Mc. Cartney, Efqi 

D 
Robert Dillon, Efq; 
Richard Dickfon, Efq; 
Randal Donaldfon, Efq; 

F 
John Fowke, E(qj 
Chichefter Fortefcue, F.C. T.C.D. 
Mrs. Frances Fox of Durrow in the King*s County, 
Daughter of Sir Edw. Herbert, Bart, of the fame 

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REBELLION 



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HUG HEaxlo£ Tyrone, 



Appeafing thereof ; Writtea ia Fbrji^ 
of a Journal. 

7 BO O K I. ;; 

CHAP. I. 

Of the InduBioH or Preface to my IriAl JoHTpal;^ att4 
a eompeadiotts Narratiatf htnv Charles Blount,, 
Lord Mountjoy («y Lord and Mafier of bappyi 
Memory) was ckojen Lord Deputy of Irelmd i and 
of this-merthy Lord's ^ality^ as aljo. of the Cou»cilr- 

' in general^ by Vibicb he broke the Rebels Heart s_j and 

feme Peace to. that troubled State. Together "witb 
is f articular ARions in the Mnd of the Tear i f pp . 

T vaf Return from Scotland about .the 
Month of September in the Year lypS, I 
retir'd myfelf to Healing (my dear Sifter 
Faith Mu^endine's Hoiue, being fituate 
A near 



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near the South Bank of ffumher^ in the County of 
Uncoln\ in which Place (and my dear Sifter Jane 
jllington^^ Houfe near adjoining) whilft I .pafs'd an 
idle Y eal-, I had a pleafing Ojpportunity to gather 
into fome Order out of confuled and torn Writings 
the particular Obfervations of my former Travels, 
to be after more deliberately digcfted at Leifure. 
After this Year fpent in Country Solace, the Hopes 
of Preferment drew me into Ireland^ of which 
Journey being "to write in another JManner than I 
have formerly done of other Countries, namely^ 
rather as a Soldier than ^ a Traveller, as one abiding 
in Camps more than in Cities, as one lodging in 
Tents more than in Inns. 

I am now to treat of the famous and moft dange-* 
rous Rebellion of Hugh^ Earl of Tyrone^ calling 
himfelf the 6 Neal^ (a fatal Name to the Chief of 
the Sept or Familv of the 6 Neals)^ and this I will 
do, according to tne Coutfe of my former Travels, 
namely, in this Place not writing hiftorically, but 
making only a Journal, or bare PNTarration of daily 
Accidents, and for the reft referring the Difcouxie^ 
of Ireland for all Particulars to the feveral Heads, 
wherein each Point is jointly handled thro* all the 
Dominions of which I have written > only in this 
Place, for the better underflanding of that which 
I principally purpofe to write, I muft crave leave 
to fetch fome fhort Remembrances (by the Way 
of Preface) higher than the Time of my own 
being in Ireland^ in the Lord Mountjoy's Govern- 
ment. 

^^ About the Year i idp, (not to fpeak 

" ^- of the Kind of Subje&ion which the 
Irijh are written to have acknowledged to Gurgun-- 
tins and fome Britijb Kings) Henry the fecond being 
himfelf diftraded with French AS£ms^ gave the 
Earl of Strangbow Leave, by Letters Patents, to 
aid Dermot Morrogb King of Leinfter againft the 

King 



Chip.r. ^IRELAND- j 

King o£ Meath. And this Earl marrying £^^7, the 
* Daughter of Dermoty .was at his Death made by \ 
him Heir of his Kingdom. Shortly after King 
Henry himfelf landed at Waterf^rd^ and whilft he 
abode in Inland^ firft DernM Mac Carthy King of 
Cork and the South Part of Munfter^ and DunewM 
i Brian King o(.Limrick and the North Part of. 
Munfter^ then Otwark King of Meatb^ and Rode^ 
rick King df Connaught^ (by fingular Privilege over 
the reft call'd the King of Ireland) v^od the above-* 
named King of Leinfter yet living, did yield 
themfelves Vaffals unto King Henry ^ who for the 
Time was faluted Lord of Ireland (the Title of 
King being firft afTumed by A£k of Parliament to 
King Henry the eighth many Years after.) In the 
faid Henry the fecond's Reign, Sir John de Courcf 
with four hundred voluntary Englijb Soldiers fent 
over, did in five Battles fubdue tjyierj and fbetch^d. 
theBoimds of the Englijb Pale as&r ^Dunluce ia. 
themoft Northern Parts-of Ulfter. 

About X 104, Jebn Courcy of Englijb Blood, Eart. 
of Ulfier and Connaugbt^ did rebel, and was fubdued 
by Hugb Lacy. About izxo the X^it^x of Englijb 
Blood rebelling, were fubdu'd by King 7^A»j who 
after fome three Months ftay retumai back into : 
England J where the Lacies found Friends to be rc^ 
ftored to their Earldom of Ulfter. About ripi 
6 Hanlon^Lad fome Ulfter Lords troubling the Peace, 
were fuppreffed by the Englijb Colonics. From 
ijiftoijiS the Scots made great Cumbuftions in 
Ireland to whom many Irijb Families joined them- 
felves, and both were fubdued by the 
jB»g/(^ Colonies. In the Year ijjp Anno 13 59, 
general War was between the Endip 
Colonies and the Irijh^ in which infinite numbers of 
the IriJb periihed. Hitherto Ireland was governed 
by a Lord Juftice, who held the Place fometimes 
for few Years, fometimes for many. In the Year 

A z 1540J 



Subfcribprs Names. 

G 

Luke Gardiner, Efqj 

William Gbre, Efqj of Barrowmount in the Coun- 
ty of Kilkenny 

If 

Hugh Henry, Efqj 

Col. Wentworth Harman 
Aid. Henry Hart 

Revd. Samuel Hutch infon. Dean of Dromore 
Revd. Edward Higginfon 

I 
Rob. Jocelyn, Efqj hisMajefty's Attorney General 
Gabriel Johnfton, Efqj 
Capt. George Johnfton 
Mr. George Johnfton ' 

Nicholas King, Gent. 

L 
The Hon. Jufticc Lindfay 
Peter Ludlow, Efqj 
John Lennox, Efqj 
fdw. Lill of T.C.D, 
Mr. James Diggs Latouchc 
Mr. David Latouche 

John Maxwell, Efq> 
Harvey Morris, Elqj 
Edward Matthews, Efqj 
Robert Marfhall, Efqj 
Jfohn Moor, Efqj 
Robert Hawkins Magill, Efq; 

N 
David Nixon, Efqj 

P 
Revd. Dean Percivall 
Lieut. Gen. Tho. Pcarcc 
Dr. Upton Peacock 

Col. Richard Pyott 

WiUiam 



Chap. I of i k E L AN D/ j 

was fuddenly recalled by the Arrival of Henry the 
fdttrth in En^md^ during the faid King's Reign, 
Irelmd v^as governed by his Lord Lieutenants^ {ent 
from Etigland^ and in the Reigns of Henry the 
fourth, and Henry the fifth, by Juftjces for the moft 
Part* chofeh of the EngliJb^IriJh^ only the Lord 
Scroope for eight Years, was Deputy to Tlbomas the 
fecond, Son to Henry the fourth, who was Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland. 

This I write out of thte Annals of Ireland prints 
edby Camden. In which, from the firft Conqueft 
of Ireland^ to the fallowing Wars between the 
Houfes of Tofk tod Lancafter in England^ I find 
finaU or no mention of the iNeals Greatnefs among 
the Irijh Lords.. A^dl find very rare mention of 
any Seditions in Ulfter^ efpecially among the Nor* 
them Irijh^ fo as that Province, ttrom the firft Con- 
aueft to thefeGivil Englijh Wars, doth thereby 
(eem to have been otie of the moft peaceable and 
mt>ft fubjcd to the Engli/b: Neither read I there* 
in, of great Forces or Sums of Money fent out of 
England into Ireland^ (except Voluntaries, and the 
cunory Journies of King John and King Richard 
the fecond) but rather that for the moft part all Se- 
ditions as well between the EngUfi^IrijI)^ and the 
meer Irijhy as between the Engltjh-Irijb themfelves^ 
were pacified by the Forces and Expehces of the 
fame Kingdom. • 

During the faid Civil War between York and 
Lmcafter^ for England^ moft of the Noble Fa- 
milies were wafted, and fome deftroyed j where* 
upon the JE«g/(/i-/n/!&, which hitherto had valiant- 
ly maintained their Conqueft, now began to repair 
into England^ partly tobear out the Factions, part- 
ly to inherit the Lands of their Kinfmen, of 
whom they were defcended : And the meer IriJh 
boldly ruftied into the Pofleflions, which the other 
had left void in Ireland. And from that time, un- 

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der the Govcpmcnt of Ef^lijf Lieutenants gq4 De- 
puties, Seditions and Murders grew more frequent, 
/the Authority of the Englifi Kings became lefs e- 
fteemed of tne Irijb^ thanin former times, and the 
Englijb Pale had lometimes larger, fometunes 
ftraighter limits, according to the divers Succefles 
of the Irijb Afiairs at divers times. 

After the appeafing of the faid bloody War, I 
find fome i ooo Men fent over by Henry the feventh, 
tofupprefs Perkin fFarbept, zn Englifi Rd>el, wd 
f DO Men fcnt by Henry the eighth to fupprefs the 
GeraUims of Englifi Race, rebelling againft him. 
Other wife the faid Annals mention no great or ge-r 
neral Rebellion in Ireland^ efpecially fuclu oy 
which either much Blood of the EngHfi was fpilt, 
or much of our Treafur? exhaufted, till the 
happy reign of Qpeen Elizabeth. For in this on-i 
ly Age, Religion rather than JUiberty firft began 
to be made the Cloak of Ambition, and the Raman 
Locufts, to maintfliu the Pope's ufurped Power, 
breathed every where Fire and Sword, and not oi^y 
made ftrong Combinations againft thoie of the re«* 
fbrmed^Religion in all Kingdoms, but were not a-) 
fliamcd to proclaim andpromife Heaven for a Re-? 
ward^ to luch Cut-throats as fhould lay violent 
hands on the facred Pcrfons of fuch Princes, as 
oppofed their Tyranny. Ampngft which, this fa* 
mous Queen being of greateft Power, and moft 
happy inSuccefs agairift thqm 5 they not only left no- 
thing unattemptOT againft her facred Perfon, and 
her Crown of Engl^nd^ but whether encouraged 
by the blind 2^1 of the ignorant Irifi %o Popery, 
or animated by an old Prophefy, 

He that tvill England 'win^ 

Muft with Ireland^r^ be^n. 
Did alfo raife two ftrong and dangerous Rebelli- 
ons in Ireland^ the one of the Earl of Defmond^ 
and the othqr of the Earl of Tyrone^ (not to fpeak' 
of the Troubles made by Sbane 6 Neal^ the eafy 

fettling 



Chap. I. of IKh LAN D. 7 

fettling whereof ihall be only mentioned in the 
treating of Tyrone^s Anceftors.) Howl>eit the wan- 
ted general Peace feems to have continued till after 
the ipth Yearctf the Queen's Reign, 
being if77- At which Time the Anno ij-yy. 
Lor£ of Connaugbtj and Ororke^ for 
their particular, made a Compofition for their 
Lands with Sir Nicholas Malby^ Governor of that 
Province, wherein they were content to yield unto 
the Q^een fo large a Rent, and. fuch Services, 
(both of Labourers to work uponoccafion of for- 
tifying, and of Horfe and Foot to ferve upon oc-' 
caUon of War,) as it feems the Popifli Combinati- 
ons had not yet wrought in them any alienation of 
Mind from their wanted Awe andRj^vcrcnce of the^ 
Crown of England. 

Touching die Rebellion of Gerald 
Earl of Defmand: John Gerald the TJheReBdltonof 
Son of T^homas (whofe Progenitors tlic EarUf x>e/r. 
of Englijh Race, had long behaved ^''^• 
themfelves valiantly in fubduing' the 
Irijh) had Kildare given him by King Edward the 
iecond, with Title of an Earl. And this Family 
o£ the Fitz-Geralds^ or Geraldens^ (as they are now 
called) long flourifhed^ not only keeping Ireland 
in Obedience to the King ^ but infeiting the Sea 
Coafls of the Weljb^ not yet united to the Crown 
of England^ and never raifed Arms againft Eng" 
Und^ till Ihomas Fitz^Geraldj the Son of Gerald 
FitZ'Gerald^ Earl of Kildare^ and Lord Deputy of 
Ireland^ under King /f^»ry the eighth, ^whomthe 
King had called into England^ and there brought in 
question for his ill Government,) hearing by. light 
and falfeRumour that bisFather was executed, rafh- 
ly took Arms againft the King, inviting the Em- 
peror Charles the fifth to invade Ireland^ which he 
in the mean time wafted with Fire and Sword. This 
Jiomas and five of his Uncles were fhortly after 
hanged, the Father beinjibefore dead of Grief. 

A^r But 



i Moryson'5 Hifidry &ookL 

But Queen Mary reftorcd this Family to Hohour 
and Lands, though they never after recovered their 
former Dignity. OF thcfe Geralds moft of th^ 
greateft Lords in Mtmfter ai-e defcended, (though 
for divers Caufes, many of them have taken other 
3imames) and particularly the Earls of Definwd. 

Maurice FifZ'77fomas.zGeraldinev9^6rficrc2Lted 
Earl of Defmondj by Edward the third. Of whoft 
t^ofterity many excelled in Wealth, Virtucj anil 
honourable Reputation, far extending their Pow- 
er. But James invaded his Nephews Inheritance 
by Force, and impofed heavy Exa&ions on all de-^ 
rending upon him, whofe Son TliohtaSj following 
nisFathcr's Steps, was by the Lord Deputy behead- 
id in the Year 1457: His Sons were rcftored, and 
the Earldom remained in his Pofterity^, 
'Anno 1/78. till Gerald Earl of Defmmd in the Year 
1 jj% rebelled againfl: Queen EKzabetb. 
To whofc Aid certain Bands' of Italians and Spam-^ 
ardsj fent by Pope Gregory the twelfth, and Philip 
King of Sjpain^ landed at Smervoic^ who befieged 
ty the Lord ^r/^«rGr^;^, then Lord Deputy, ma 
Fort they had built, and called the Fort Del Ore^ 
fhortly after yielded themfelves, in the Year i f 8 3, 
and were put to the Sword, as the NecefSty of that 
State, and their manner of invading; the Land, 
was then faid to require. And the Earl of Defmoni 
flying into the Woods, was there in a Cottage kil- 
led, anAhis Head cut off, (being, as they fay, be- 
trayed by his own Followers, wherein the Ulfier 
Men challenge an Honour of Faithftilnefs to their 
Lords, above thofc of Munfier 5 for in the follow- 
ing Wars none of them could be induced by Fear 
or Reward, to lay Hands on their reverenced 8 
Neal) Thus with an Army of fix thoufand Men, 
whereof fome four thoufana were newly fent over 
at divers Times, this Rebellion of Defmondm 
Mtmfter was foon appealed. The Earldome of Dep- 
wond was by Authorit^f Parliament adjudged to 

the 



Chap^L of IKEL AND. ^ 

the Crown, and m^e a County, with Sheriffs 4p-* 

pointed yearly to be chofen by the t/ord Deputy. 
Upon the Attainder of the faid Earl of ^ 

Definond and his Confederates, all the/ f 74518. 

Lands falting to the Crown, were in Acres i Acres. 

of Englifh meafttre about ) 

Hereof great Part was reftored to the Oflfendera^ 

as to Patrick Condon his Country, to the White 

Knight his Country, to fome of the Geraldines^ 
and to others their Confederates no fmall Portions. 
The reft was divided into Seigniories, gi-anted bjf 
Letters Patents to certain EngUjb Knights and £fqs| 
which upon this. Gift, and the Conditions, whercf 
unto they were tied, had the common Name of 
Undertakers. \ - 

IhKerryimdDe/k^ndj by Pa-" 
tbnt^^ to Sit WlUUm Harbert^ 
to Charol Harhert^ to Sir ^<»- 
khiine Browne J to Sir Edward vnih Yearly 
Deiihy^ befides a:n uncertain .r Rents f 24 /. 6^4 
Portion to George Stone and Jdbn 8 d; fterL 
Chapman and their Heirs, were 
granted ----- " "J 
In Lmrick by Patent to Sir 
Henry Billinfley^ to William 
Carter^ to Edmund Mannering^ 
to WilUam Trenchard^ to Sirj 
George Bourcber^ to Sir George] p6i5f Acres, 
SThorntonj to Richard Fitton^ to>"withRentsp33/. 
Robert Jnnejley^ to Edward\ 4^. i- fieri. 
Barkley^ to Sir Henry Uthered^ I , 
to Sir WilUam Courtney^ toj . . ' z w . 
Robert Strowde^ and to their j -/if ^ ^^ 

Heirs, were granted- - - "j 2= o • '♦* 

In 



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• In Cork^ by Patent to Fane\ 
B$iiebery to Henry North j to jfr^ 1 
ibur RawlinSy to jtrtbur Hide^ i 
to Hugh Cuffe^ to Sir tbomas^ 88037 Acres ^ 
Norrisj to ^^r/ir^isA'^;!/*/^^^, WithRjcntsj'itA 
to Sir Thomas Stoyes^ to MiSler 7 i. 6. d. ^. j?^/. 
Spencer J to 7%mi^j Fleetwoody 
mdMarmaduke Edmunds^ and 
to their Heirs were granted - - -^ 
In JFaterford and Ji/y^r^rn 
by Patent to the Earl of Or- 1 zip 10 Acres , 
mmd^ to Sir Chriftopher ^f /mi, I withRents 303 A 
to Sir Edward Ftttonj to Sir [3 d. fieri. 
Waber Rawleigh^ and to their 
Heirs were granted - - - - j 

ThefeUncb^rukers did not people thefeSeigniories 
granted them and their Heirs by Patent, Tas they 
w^re bound) with well afie&ed Engli/b^ but ei«« 
their fold them to Englifit Papifb, (fugh $is were 
moil ti^rbylent^and fo Ming daily troubled and que^ 
ftioned by the EngUflf Magiftratc, were like to givQ 
the moft Money for the Jr{(b Land) or otherwife 
difpofed them to their bcft Profit, without refoeS: 
of the Publick Good : neither did they build Cames^ 
gnd do other Things (according to their Covenants^ 
for the Publick Good, but only fought their private 
Ends, and fo this her Majefty*s Bounty to them, 
turned not to the ftrcnethning, but rather to thq 
wcakning of the Englifi Government in t^iat Pro-« 
vinceof Mtmfter. 

Touching the Rebellion of the Earl of 
Tfrone*$ Tyrone^ the worthy Antiquary Camden 
Rebellion, mentioned Neal the Great, tyrannizing in 
Ulfter^ and great Pait of Ireland^ before 
the coming of St. Patrick into that Kingdom, a- 
bout the Year of our Lord 451, adding that this 
Family not with (landing lived after more obfcurely, 
not only till the jE»g///& entered to conquer /r^/^»rf, 
about the Year n6p : Byt aft9rthat, to the Time 

that 



chap. J- e/IRELAN0^ It 

that the Scots under Edward Bruce^ attempted to 
conquer that Kingdom, about the Year 1 3 1 8 . In 
which turbulent Time, J)onevaldus 6 Neal ftarted 
up, and in his Letters to the Pope ftiled himfelf 
King of Ulfter^ and true Heir of all Ireland. Fur- 
thpTf Camden add^, th^t after the appealing of 
thefe Troubles, this new Ki4g yaniflied, ^d his 
Pofterity lurked in Obfcurity, till the Civil Wars 
of England J between the Homes of Tark ^it^ Laih' 
f after. The Seed whereof was fowti by ffenry the 
fourth of Lancafier Family, depofing Richard the 
fecond of Tark Faxnily, and ufurping the Grown, 
though Henry the fourth ^d his Son Henry the fifth 
by their Valour fo maintain^ this Ufurpation,: as 
po Qvil War broke forth in their Time, nor fo long 
as the ppble , Brothers of H^nry the fifth, and Un- 
cles to Henry the fixth lived,. .lA^fter, between 
Henry the fixth of Lkncafter Family, and Edward 
the fourth of Tork I«^amilv, this bloody War was 
long continued, but endea .in the Death of the next 
SuccefTor, Richard the third, a double Ufiirper^ 
both of the Houie of Lancc(fler^ and the Heirs or 
his Brother Edward the fourth of the Houfe of 
York . After, in the Marriage of Henry the feventh 
with the Daughter and Heir of Edward the fourth, 
both thefe Houfes were united 5 and fo this bloody 
War well ended. From this Time, behold t|ie Pe^ 
digreeof the iNeals. 



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Henry MacO^en 6NmI marrvM th* 
a^ii&c^m. VkVtghttr (^ Tiofkas EMinf tUdart 

zGiraUine. 

1 

Gm Mwe (or Gireat) mariT'd tht 
Daughter of 6^^^ £^1 tqf A i/^rv^ 
his Mother's Niecfe, whpfc tkihet 
and hiftirelf waxibg bo}d upofi tfa^ 
Power biF the Earte df KiUareA tjr* 
i*» flfi^aii|t». ranni^ed oter thePeo]ple5 tnd deipilH 

theTitles of Earls^ Marquifcsj Duke$^ 
tot PHndes, in regard 6!^ that of 4 
Ntah \ 



mimmkt 



dpHj fimamed Bac-- 
td (or Liine)j fee- 
cccded i NeaJy who 
curs'd his Pofterity 
ifthiiy Ihould tearn 
EHgJiJh^ foW Corn, 
' or build Houfes, to 
ihVite thfe Englijb. 
HisPowcr bciftg fik- 
pefted of Henry the 
eighth 5 and the 
King's Power, after 
the Suppreffion of 
the Earls of Kildare^ 
being feared of him, 
who had rebelled 
I with the Earl, he 

NeMlM0ore? S^helimRH f^il'd into England^ jnedCm. 

Mac Art. i 2 Mae^^- and renouncing the neUigh. 
A B ' D F 

Name 



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Cha|uL */lRELA;ND. ij 

A.B. D. P^ 

Namb of i Neatj and furrendritig hU Inhd* 
ritancc hekl by tjip /ri/S Law or Tanif^ry, 
(by w hicb a Man is prefer'd to a Boy, and 
the Uncle to that Nephew, whofe Gr^- 
father oyeiiives the Father^ and comrnqnly 
the moft aftive Knave, i>ot the next I^It, 
; is chofen) had his Land re-granted to ^im 
fii^om the King, under the great Seaj pf 
England^ as to his VafTal, with Title of 
£arl of Tyrom. Thus in the three and tjiir* 
tiethYear oilAnry the eighth anAft of l^ar- 
liament was made in Ireland^ with Confent 
of the three Efktes of that Kingdoni, 
wherry the Ufurpation of' the Title of J 
Neal was made Capital to this Family, anjd 
King Henry and his Succeflfors (the tonn^r 
Stile of Lords being changed) were ftilSd 
Kings of IretaHdj and the Laws of Eng^rtd 
were received to be of Force in that King- « 
dom. 



1"-^ 



Shane {or John) ^ 2W«Kucceeding his 
Father, bykilling his Brother Afo//]&^, 
and vexing his Father to Death, was 
cruel and Darbarpus, and tyrannically 
challenged the neighbour Lords to be 
his Subjefts, as Mac GenniSj Mac Guite^ 
Mac Mahown, 6 Reify ^ 6 Hanlon^ 6 Cabo^^ 
MacBrien^ 6 flagan, 6^in^ MacCar- 

tan ^ Mac Don- 

nel Galloglajffi : 
and,whcn/f^»- 
ry Sidney ex- 
poftulatpd this 

HughM^ HenrfUiF TheUmHHgh ?^i?S . ^ord 
SedMom. TkeHfnfBoi. ddcft Soil. Tuftice m the 

ji. B\ C. J). PiF^ 

Abfence 




«4 

A3X1. 



Writings ^ 
that his An"' 



MoKVAoy* Ilifiory Bookl. 

D. E. F. 

Abfence of Matfbew $ Tkrlogbl^H^ 

the Earl of KellyytSlS!^ iM;i& took the 

Suffix J Lord teen Years of Title of t 

Deputy^ he Age reputed Neal after 

offered to the Son of a Sbane : He 

prove by Blackt Smith was aged, and 

at Dundalkj folov'dQui- 

given Con 6 etnefs, the 

ceitots had Neal by a rather for 

thisAuthori- Smith's Wife Fear of die 

tyovertheoiy at her Death. Children of 

denyii^ that This Baftard Sbane and of 

his Father he appointed Matthew the 

hadanyPow- to iucceed Bafhrd. He 

er to refign him by the was obedient 

his Lapds to King's Let- totheQueen, 

the King , ters Patents, but made 

which lie at Which War upon i 

held oidy for Time he was Donnel. zad 

Life by Ta- created&aron the Ifland 

niftry Law, of Dungan* Scots , of 

without the non: But he whomhekil- 

Confent of was kilTed in led in the 

the People, his Father's Field Jlex- 

beii^ to Life-time by ander Oge , 

chx&i Neal^ Sbane^xhtXt'- who mur- 

that is, the gitimate Son thered Sbane 

Chief of the ofC^»,whofe 6 Neal. 
Name). He Baftard this 
made War a- Mattbeww^. 



I 



tJjtLe* 



gsdn&iReilyy 
and imprifoned Collagb 
Mac DonneL But when 
7iomas\ Earl of Suffexj 
Lord Deputy, led the Eng- 
tijh Forces againft him, 
he by the CounTel of the 

J). 

Earl 



Sir Artbur 
d Neal , 
Knight, liv- 
ing in 
this Rebelli- 
on. This Sir 

Artbur kry'd 
the Queen a- 

£. F. 

gainft 



Chap. I. 



1?^ IRELAND. 



^% 



F. 



gainfl: Hugb^ 
the Arch"' 
Rebel, who 
had two of 
his Sons in 
Prifon, but 
two or three 
other Sons 
were with 
their Father 
at Lougbfoyk 
among the 
Englij 



Earl o{ Kildarcj £dl'din* 
to Eitgland^ andfubmitted 
himfelf to Q^ Eltzahetb^ 
and after for a while con- 
formed himfelf to Obedi- 
ence and Civility. But 
when he tyrannized over 
the Irijh Lords, and they 
craved Succour of Henry 
Sidney^ Lord Deputy, in 
theYeariftff, he leading 
anArmyagainfthim, fent 
Edward Msndolpb^ with 
feven Companies of Foot, 
and a Troop of Horfe, by 
Sea to Derry and LoughfoyU^ to aflault 
the Rebel on the back : Againft whom 
the Rebel tuminjS all his Forces was fo 
defeated, as he fled fbr Succour to the 
Scots J whofe Brother he had killed 5 and 
they at firft entertaining him well, after 
fell to Words, and killed him in the Year 
I f 67. After in a Parliament at Dublin^ 
he was condemned of Treafon and his 
Lands confifcated, and a Law made that 
no Man fhould after that prefumetotake 
the Name and Title of i Neal. 



Jl*o*C^ 



He had three Sons, Henry^ Com^ and 
Turhgb^ caft in Prifon by ffugb the Re- 
bel, 



E. 



Owen 



id Mortsqk'j Hi[to9^ BookL 

A. B. C. £• 

Owen Mac Ifugb ^rhghMetc ^urhgb 

NealMoore^ oflferd Henry oi the Brafilogb. 

to ferve ag^iQffc Fufe, flehel 

Traitor Hugh. with Hwh. 

1 I 

Foi^ Sons, fur^ Five Sbns Sis $o|is 

bgir, i/tfi:'^^^ jSrj^tfii^ then living; at kaft tfhfn 

and Henry y living living, aiid 

when Hugh i Neul abletoferye 

Rd>eUed. theQueen. 




J 



J?m;»kill'd i^fo^i^ prefeiTed CorpiCfiVrC'- 

Ify i Donnely hy th^ Ev^liji from fervid from 

atthelnftance Sbane^ man;y*dthe Sbam hy the 

f f ijfif«f^tf 4 Daughter oF ^ur- MngUfi y i^w 

A^<9/^ logbUm^gb^NfOih rebellingwith 

whom he put away Ifygb. 

by ©ivoree^ ^ 

• after proves an 
Areh-R«bel. , 



M Earl TliisHugby Son to the Baftardilf^*- 
^ W^' fbewy (horn pf a Sroith^^ W\Gh M re- 
puted the Smith's Son till he was fifteen Ve^ of 
^ge) lived fometimes in Ireland^ and much \n the 
Court of Englandy and was fupported againft. Sfir- 
kgk LymtQgb, $ Ne^ly with .die Title of Barpn of 
jpumg^nnopy by his F^ther^'S Right. He H^d a 
Troop of Horfe in Queen Elizabeth^s Pavj in the 
fete Wars of the Earl of Defmondy in wnicb Wid 
all Occafions of Service he behaved himfelf fo va- 
liantly, as the Queen gave him a yearly Penfion of 
one thoufand Marks. He was of a mean Stature, 
hut a ftrong Body, able to endure Labours, Watch- 
ing, and hard Fare, being withal induftrious, and 

aftive. 



Chap. I. tf/lRELANDi tj 

aftive, valiant, affable, and apt to manage great 
Affairs, and of a high, diffembling, fubtile, and 
profoUild Wit. So as many deemed nun born, either 
for the great Good or 111 of his Country. In ati 
Irijh Parliament he put up his Petition, that by 
Virtue of the Letters Patents granted to his Grand- 
father, to his Father and his Heir^, he might there 
have the Place and Title of the Earl of ^rone^ and 
be admitted to this his Inheritance. The Title and 
Place were there granted to him, but the Inheri- 
tance (in regard the Kings of England by the Attain- 
der of Shane^ were thereof invefted) was referred 
to the Queen's Pleafure. For the obtaining where- 
of. Sir John Perrot^ then Lord Deputy, upon his 
Promife of a- great Rent to be referved t;o the 
Crown, gave him his Letters of Recommendati- 
on into England^ where he fo well knew to hu- 
mour the Court, as in the Year i f 87, he got the 
Queen's Letters Patents under tne great Seal of 
England^ for the Earldom of ^yr-Oen^ without any 
Refervation of the Rent he had prpmifed to the 
Lord Deputy, wherewith, though his Lordihip 
were offended, in that the Patent was not paffed 
in Ireland^ and fo the faid Rent omitted, yet in 
Reverence to the great Lords, who had procured 
this Grant in England^ he did forbear to oppofe the. 
fame. The Conditions of this Grant were, that 
the Bounds of Tyrone fhould be limited ^ That 
one or two Places (namely, that, of Blackwater) 
ihould be referved for the building of Forts, and 
keeping of Garrifons therein 5 that, th0 Sons of 
Shane and Turlogh ihould be provided fbr^ and 
t]iat he fhould challenge no Authority over the 
neighbour Lords bordering Upon Tyrone^ or any 
where out of that County. And fuch were his 
Endeavours in the Queen's Service, fuch his Pro- 
teftations of Faith and Thankfulnefs, as Turlogb 
Linnogh^ by the Queen's Interceffion, was induced 
(iipon certain Conditions for his M^ntenance) to 

B furrender 



{ 



i8 MoRYSON'i Hiftofj BookL 

furrender the County, and all Command in thofe 
Parts unto hhn. 

gg The Spanijh (forfooth) invincible Na- 
•'^^ * vy, fent to invade jEffgte^^, in the Year 
ir88) being difperfed, and proving nothing lefs 
riian invincible, many of them were wrecked on 
the Coafts of Ireland^ whereof fome were har- 
boured by the Earl of Tyrone^ with whom fince 
he was thought to have plotted the following 
Mifchiefs. 

And fhortly after (in the End of this 
AniL 15^. Year, or the Beginning of the next) Sir 
SSr 7<?i&ff Pw^tf/ being revoked. Sir ^P7/?/^ 
^msLoti Fitz-^illiams^ was fent Lord Deputy 
p^ty. into Ireland. I have heard that he having 
been formerly Lord Deputy, when he 
returned and fued for Recompence of his Service, 
a great Lord ihould anfwer nim^ that fuch Im- 
ployments were Preferments, and not Services to 
challenge Reward : And therefore, if in this new 
Imployment any ihall think that he followed this 
Couniel, feeking to make it a Preferment to him 
and his Family, ido not much marvel thereat. This 
I write of hearfay, but as in the general Relation 
following, I purpofe to write nothing which is 
not warranted either by Relations prefented to 
the Queen, by the principal Counfellors of Ire* 
tandj or by Letters interchanged between the States 
of England and Ireland^ or uke authentical Wit- 
tings s fo far the Particular of the abovenamed Lord 
Deputy, if perhaps fome may think any thing ob- 
fcryed by me to derogate from him, I proteft, that 
whatfoever I write is in like fort warranted, and 
may not be omitted without the Scandal of hiftori- 
cal Integrity, being Objeftions frequently made by 
the Rebels, for Excufe of their Dilloyalty, as w« 
in all their Petitions, as Treaties of Peace : But 
howfoever I cannot but mention thefe Imputations, 
yet I advife the Reader to judge of them, as Ob« 

je£tions 



chap, I. ^/ I R E L A N D^ i^ 

je&ions of the Rebels, who in their Nature are 
clamorous, and could no way make their Excuie fo 
plaufible, as by fcandalizing the chief Governor. 
And I further proteft, that as I fliall in the due 
Place once mention an honourable Anfwer of thif 
Lord Deputy, to Part of the chief CqmpUunts 
made by the Irijh againi): him, fo I would moft 
willingly have inferted his full Juftification, if any 
fuch Memorial had come to my Hands. 

Sir IVilliam Fitz-williamsy being Lord Deputy 
of Ireland^ Sir John Norreys was Lord Prefident 
of Munfter^ (who made his Brother, Sir ^ofnas^ 
his Vice-prefident,) and Sir Richard Bingham wa» 
Governor of Connaught. This Lord Deputy now 
again entring the Government of Ireland^ that 
Kingdom was in the beft Eftate that it had been 
in of long time, not only peaceable and quiet^ 
(fo as any the greateft Lord called by Letter qr 
Meflenger, readily came to the State there, and 
none of them were known to be any way difcon- 
tented,) but alfo moft plentiful in Com, CattleS, 
and all Manner of Vianaals. But witlun thnoe 
Months after his taking of the Sword, fome /- 
rijb informed him, that the abovenamed Spaniards^ 
laft Year wrecked on the Coafts of Cotmaugbf 
and Ulfter^ had left with the Inhabitants (in whofe 
Hands they fell) great ftore of Treafure and other 
Riches. This the Lord Deputy (as the Irijb fay) 
did greedily feek to get into his Hands, but furely 
he pretended the Queen's Service, as may appear 
by a Commiifion, by which he firft afuyea to 
feize the fame. This not taking any Efieft, he 
took a Journey himfdf into thofe Parts, with 
Charge to the Qj^een and Country (as they laid) 
and that in an u^eafonable Time or the Year, af- 
ter jtllbalhntide. Where altogether failing of 
Jiis Purpdfe, he brought thence with him as Pri« 
foners, two of the beftaffe6ted Gentlemen to the 
State in thofe Parts, whom be deemed to poflefs 

B z the 



20 MoRYSON'f Hifiory Book I. 

the greatcft Part of thofe Riches^ nattnely^ Sir 
Otven Mac Tooly (Father-in-law to the Earl of Ty 
r^w, who had long enjoyed a yearly Penfion of 
one hundred Pound from the Queen, and had kept 
6 Donnel in a good Courfe of Oppolition againll 
TurlogJb Lynnogh 6 Neat) and Sir John 6 Dogharty^ (of 
t7//^r Lords beftaiFcaed to the £»f ///&.) Whereof 
they firll refufing.(as they object) to pay for his En- 
largement,, continued Prifoner till the Beginning 
of Sir William RuJfeV^ Government, who in Pi- 
ty difcharged him, but the old Gentleman's Heart 
rWas firft broken, fo as fhortly after he died. The 
fecond was releafed. after two Years Reftraint, not 
without paying for his Liberty, (as the Irijh fay.) 
At this hard Ufage ef thofe two Uljler Gentle- 
men, all the great Men of the Irijh^ (efpecially in 
thofe northern Parts) did much repine. 

'Ann ^^ ^^ Month of Afoy, ifpo, the 

.lys^^- £arlof Tyrone c2imcinto Englandy where 
he was after an eafy Manner reftrained of his Li- 
berty, becaufe he came without the Lord Deputy*s 
Licence, which Fault repaired by his Submiflion, 
he was freed of his Reftraint. In the Month of 
^une^ the Earl agreed before the Lords, to enter 
londs with good Sureties of the Pale, to keep 
Peace with all his Neighbours, namely. Sir Sr«r- 
hgb Lynnogh (who fincethe renouncing the Title 
of 6 Neal^ and yielding at the Queen's Interceffi- 
on, the Government of thofe Parts to the Earl, 
was Knighted. 5 ) and at his Return to put in 
Pledges, to be chofen by the Lord Deputy and 
Council, for more Aflfurance hereof, and of his Loy- 
alty, as alfo the Performance of certain Articles 
figned by him : Provided that the Pledges fhould 
iiot lie in the Caftle, but with fome Gentlemen in 
the Pale, or Merchants in Dublin^ and might be 
changed every three Months, during herMajefty's 
Pleafure. 

The:Articlcs were to this Effc£t : To continue 
loyaland keep the Peace :-.To renounce the Title 

of 



Chap. I. of IR E LAND. zj- 

of 6 Neal^ and all intermcdling with the Neigh-' 
hour Lords: That Tyrone ihould be limited, and" 
made a Shire or two, with Goals to be built iifbr 
holding of Scffions : Not to fofter with any neigh- 
bour Lord, or any Gentleman out of his Coun-/ 
try, not to give Aid to the Iflandand /ri/S-^yoi/j^' 
nor take any of them : That if for his Defence 
he needed Forces, he Ihall levy none out of his 
Country without fpccial Licence of the State^ in 
which Cafe he might have En^UJh Bands.. .To' 
conclude, with the Lord Deputy within ten 
Months, about a Compofition of Rents and Ser- 
vices to her M^jefty fbr all his Country, accord- 
ding to the above mentioned Compofition of Con^ 
naughty made in the Year 1^77. Not .to impofo 
any Exa£tions without Licence of the State oir 
his Country above ordinary^ except it be for nc*^ 
ceflary Forces for, his Defence, and that alfg with 
Licence : Not to make any Roads into Neighbour 
Countries, except they be within five Days^aftep 
a Prey taken : That ione of the Country receive 
any Stealths from Neighbour Countries, nor ftealr 
from them, but he to bring forth the Thieves, ot 
drive them out of I'yrone : That he execute no 
Man, except it be by Commiflion from the Lord 
Deputy, imder the oroad Seal for martial Law',' 
and that to be limited. That his Troop of f o 
Horfe in her Majcfly's Pay, be kept compleatfor 
her Service; and that befides he anfwera Rifing 
out at every general hotting. That he meddle not 
withfpiritual Livings, nor lay any Charge on them. 
Not to maintain any Monks or Fryaris in his Coun- 
try : Not to have Intelligence with foreign Trai-* 
tors. That he take no black Rent of any Neigh- 
bours. To caufe the Wearing of EngUJh Appa- 
rel, and that none of his Men wear Glibbes (or 
long Hair :) That he anfwer for his Brother 7»r- 
logh Mac Henry ^ Captain of the Fews : That in 
Time of Ncceffity he fell Viftual to the Fort of 

B 3 Black' 



2% MoRYSON*5 Hiflory Book I. 

Slack-water. Thefc he promifed to perform upoq 
bis Honour before the Lords in England j and that 
bis Pledges to be put in, ihould lie for Performance 
of them, to his Power. And order was given, 
that all the Neighbour Lords fhould be drawn to 
like Conditions, that fo they might not fpoil 
Tyrone, 

In the Month of July^ i f po. Con Mac Shane^ 
(that iSj the Son of Shane d NedQ accufed Hugh^ 
Earl ot Tyrone^ of many Praftices, to make him- 
fctf great in the North, and that after the Wreck 
of the abovcnamed Spaniards^ he confpired with 
thofe which fell into his Hands, about a League 
with the King of Spain^ to aid him againft the 
Queen. Thde Articles the Earl anfwered before 
the Lords in England^ denying them, and avow^ 
ing the Malice of Con to proceed of her Majefty's 
niiing him to be Earl of Tyrone^ and Con^s Deure 
to ufurp the Name of o Nealj as his Father ha4 
done, which Name he laboured to extinguiftil 
He could have fpoken nothing more pleafing to 
this State (as he well knew,; and therefore his 
Anfwcr was approved : But the Event fhewed his 
diflembling -, for within two or three Years^ Sir 
thrlagb Lynnogb rdied, and then the Earl took this 
Title of 6 Neal to himfelf, (which was Trpafori 
by A£t of Parliament in Ireland^ ftill cxcufing 
himfelf fubtilly that he took it upon him, Idl 
feme other fhould ufurp it, promifing to renouficei 
it, yet befeeching that he might not be urged to 
promife it upon Oath. Cambden affirms thzt Hugh 
ne-Gauelocke^f Baftard fo Shane 6 Neal^ exhibited 
thcfe Articles againft the Earl, who after got hiip 
into his Hands, and caufed him to be hanged, 
(hardly finding any, in regard of thq gencralRc- 
ycrence bom to the Blood of the d Neals^ whq 
would do the Office of Hangman,) and that the 
Queen pardoned the Earl for this Fad. I doubt 
not but be writes upon good Ground^ and I find 

•'■'• ' ..: "' - good 



Chap.I- ^ IRELAND. ^j 

food Warrant for that I write the fame to be ex- 
ibited by Con Mac Shane^ and both may be re* 
conciled by the exhibiting of the Petition by 
Hugb^ in the Name of Con. 

Sure I am that the Earl dfXB&, never enter into 
Rebellion, till he had gotten the Sons of Shane 
i Neal to be his Prifpners. Two of them, in this 
Time of Sir IVilUam Fitz-wilhams his Govern* 
ment, were now in the Caille of Dublin^ and if 
they had been fafely kept, they beins; true Heirs 
of 1*yrone before their Father^s H^Uion, would 
have been a ftrong Bridle to keep the Earl in O- 
bedience : But they together with PhiUp 6 Reigbly^ 
(a dangerous Pra£fcicer,) and with the eldeft Son 
and Heir of old i Donnelj (both imprifoned by 
Sir John Perrot^ in his Government,) (hortly at- 
ter efcaped out of Prifon, being all Prifoners of 
great Moment, whofe Enlargement gave apparent 
Overture to enfuing Rebellion. Neither md the 
Irijb fpare to a£Sirm, that their Efcape was wrought 
by Corruption, becaufe one Segar^ Conftable of 
the CafUe of DubUn by Patent, having large Of" 
fers made him to permit the Elcape of 6 Keigbfyj 
and acquaintinc; the Lord Deputy therewith, was 
il^ortly after dilplaced, and one il/^^i!f^^ Sorvant 
to the Lord I^eputy, was put in nis Place, in 
whofe Time thole Irifoners efcaped. To return 
to the orderly Courfe of my Relation. 

The Edrl, on the kft of Augufi^ and the £une 
Year, ifpo, did before the Lord Deputjr and 
Council of Ireland^ confirm the above mentioned 
Articles, fent thither out of Enfjland^ faithfully 
promifing by Word, and under his Hand, toper« 
form them. But ftUl he delayed knd put oflr the 
Performance, by Letters unto both Sutes, intreat* 
ing that equal Security might be taken of Sir 
Turlogb Lynnogbj and in general of all the border** 
ing Lord^, (which he knew at that Time moft 

B 4 diflicult 



14 MoRYSON'f Hiftory Book I, 

4ifiicult to efFcdt,) and by many fubtle Shifts^ 
whereof he had Plenty. 

Aiyoutthis XAmc Mac Mabown^ Chieftain of ilie?- 
naghan died, who in his Life time had furrendered 
this his Country, held by Taniftry the Irijb Law, 
into her Majcfty ■ s- Hands, and received a Re-grant 
thereof, under the broad Seal of England^ to him 
end his Heirs Males, and for Default of ftich, to 
his Brother Hugh Rife Mac Mahoivn^ with other 
Remainders. And this Man dying without Heirs 
iMalcs, his laid Brother came up to the State, that 
he might be fettled in his Inheritance, hoping to 
be countenanced and cherilhed as her Majelty's 
Patentee, but he found (as the Irijh fay) that he 
t:oidd not be admitted, till he had promifed to give 
about fix hundred Cows (for fuch and no other 
'^C; the /n}& /bribes.) .After he was imprifoned 
:(tbc Ififh fay for failing ill Part of this Payment,) 
and.', within a few Days, agaiti inlarged^ with 
Promifc that the Lord Deputy himfelf would go 
to fettle him in his Country o( Monagban^ whi- 
ther his Lordfhip took his Journey ihortly after, 
with him in his Com|«ifty. At their firft Arrival, 
the Gentleman was clapt in Bolts, and within 
two JDays after, indi&ed, arraigned, and executed, 
at his own- Houfe, all done (as the IriJb faid) bV 
foch Officers, as the Lord Deputy carried with 
him to that purpofe. The IriJh faid, he was found 
guilty by a Jury of Soldiers, but no Gentlemeq 
or Freeholders, and that of them four Englijh Sol- 
diers were fuffisred to go andrcome at- Pleafure, 
hut the other being IriJb Kern, were kept ftraight, 
and ftarved, till they found him guilty. The 
Treafon for VKich he was condemned, was becaufe 
fome two Years before, he pretending a Rent due 
linto him out of the Ferney^ upon that Pretence, 
levied Forces, and fo marching into the Ferney in 
a warlike manner, made a Diftrefs for the fame, 
(which by tht Englijb Law may perhaps be Trea- 



Chap.L d/ IRELAND* 2j 

fon, but in that Country never before fubje£t to 

Law, it was thought no rare thing, nor great Of» 

fence.) The greateft Part of the Country was di'^ 

vided, between four Gentlemen of that Name, un-^ 

der a yearly Rent to the Queen, and (as they faid) 

not without Payment of a good Fine underhand. 

The Marflial^ Sir Henry Bagnol^ had Part of the 

Country, Captain Henjlewe was made Senefchd 

oi the Country, and had the Gentleman's chief 

Houfe, with a Portion of Land, and to divers 

others fmaller Portions of Land were affigned, 

and the Irijh fpared not to fay, that thefe Men 

were all the Contrivers of his Death, and that eve-r 

ry one paid fomething for his Share. Hereupon 

the IriJh of that Name, bcfides the former AUe-^ 

gations, exclaimed that their Kinfman was treache^ 

^•oufly executed, to intitle the Queen to his Land, 

and to extinguifh the Name of MacMabown^- and 

that his Subftance was divided between the Lord 

Deputy and the Marfhal, yea, that a Pardon was 

pflfered to one of the Jury for his Son, being in 

danger of the Law, upon Condition he would 

con^nt to find this his Kinfman guilty. 

Great Part of thefe Exclamations was contained 
in a Complaint exhibited, againft the Lord Deputy 
after his Return into England^ to the Lords ot her 
Majefty's Council, about the E»nd of the Year, 
I f pf , in the Name of Mac Guirej and Ever Mac 
Cooly (one of the Mac Mahowns^ and Chief over 
the IriJh in the Ferney.) To which Sir fFilliam 
Fitz-williams^ then fick at his Houfe, fent his 
Anfwer in Writing. There firft he avows to the 
Lords, that the Fact of Mac Mahown^ waLs firft 
adjudged Treafon in England^ and that his callinj 
in queftion for it was direfted from thence, anc 
for the manner of proceeding herein, not prefcribed, 
that it was juft, and contrary to their calumnious 
Allegations, who complained againft him. He 
further aqfwered, that themoftPartof the Coun- 
try 



l6 MorysonV Hijiory Bookl. 

tiy was not bcftowcd on the Marfhal, Sir He^ry 
Bagnoly but that feven of the chief in that Coun- 
try had the greateft Part of it, that three hundred 
F)?eeholders were raifed to her Maieftyj with eight 
hundred Pound yearly Rent^ and that all the Coun^ 
try fecmed then glad of his Execution, and Joy- 
fully received the EngUJb Laws. The reft of the 
Complaint he denied, and for the Bribe of Cows 
in particular, did avow, that Ever Mac Coofyj one 
of the Plaintiffs, offered him feven thoufand Cows 
to make him chief of the Name, when he might 
have learned, that his Mind was not fo poor, to 
prefer Qowfi or s^iy Bribes before the Queen's Ser*^ 
vice, 

To return to our Purpofe, certain it is, that 
upon Mac Mabawn's Execution, Heart-burnings 
md Loathings of the Englijh Government, began 
to grow in the Northern Lords againft the State, 
and they fhunned as much as they could, to admit 
any Sheriffs, or any Engtijb to live among then^ 
pretending to fear like Practices to overthrow them. 
^^ The fixteenth of Julu i f P 1 5 theESil 

on- >f 9»- ^f Tyrone wrote unto the Lords of £1^- 
Und^ excufing himfelf, that Sir furhgb Lynnogb 
was wounded by his Men, while he foiight to 
prey his Country. In the fame Month he mffered 
bis Country of Tyrone to be made Shire-ground, 
being by certain Commiffioners bounded on every 
Side, and divided into eieht Baronies, and the 
Town of i)i^;9gtfm0ii made tne Shire-Town, where 
the Goal fhould be. In the Month of OElobir he" 
wroteagain to the Lords, juftifying himfelf againft 
the Complaint of the Marfhal, Sir Henry Bagmlj 
avowing that he had not ftoln his Sifter, or takra 
her away by Force, but that after her Brother's 
many Delays, flie willingly going away with him, 
he married her. And that he had no other Wife, 
being lawfully divorced from her, whom the Mar- 
flial termed his Wife. He complained againft the 

Marfhalj^ 



Chap.I, 9f IRELAND, %7 

Marihal, that he reaped the Benefit of all that in 
Ulfi^r^ which by his Endeavo\irs hacj been brought 
to her Majcfty's Obedience. Tlwt he had obtain-^ 
pd under the great Seal a Superiority over Ulfter^ 
which he exercifed over hirt^ Abou^ this Time 
the Northern Lords are thought to have confpired, 
to defend the Romilh Religion (for now fir ft among 
f hem Religion was made the Cloak of TreafonJ) 
to admit no EngUJh Sheriffe in their Countries, and 
to defend their Liberty and Rights againft the 



In the Month of Augufi^ ifpz, the -^ 
Earl of Xy^ne by his Letters to the Lords ^^' • ^' 
in England^ juftified himfelf againft the Complaint 
of Sir Turlogh Lynnagh^ apparently ihewing that 
his Son Con $ Neal did not difturb the Commif^ 
fioneirs fitting in Monagban^ but that they, havin|^ 
one himdred Foot for their Gtiard, were afraid ol 
two Horfemen j which they difcovered. He wrote 
jTurther, that he had brought 6 pcnnelinto the State, 
(who fihce his abovcrmentioned EKcape outof Pri« 
ion, had ftood upon his Defence,) and that he would 
perluade him to Loyalty, and in cafe he were ob» 
ftinate, ^ would ferve afijainft him as an £ne« 
iny. * And further craftiwintreated the Lords, that 
he might have the Marmars Love, that they be- 
ing ]Sfeighbours, might concur the better for her 
AMJefty's Service, and that their Lordfhips would 
approve of his NIatch with the Marfhal's Sifter, 
for whofe Content he ^d the rather defire his 
Love. 

In the Beginning of the Year ifpj, -^ 
or about this Time, a Northern Lord, ^*^ ***'' 
Mac Guirey began to declare himfelf difcontent, 
and to ftand upon his Defence upon the Executi- 
iDn of MotC Mabwrn^ and the Jealoufies then con- 
ceived by the Northern Lords againft the Englijb. 
This Afo^ffnifv, Chieftain of f>fiffftii»Mg;i^ avowed, 
that he had »vcn three hundicd Cows to free bis 

Coimtry 



t8 MorysonV Hijiory Book I. 

Counti-y from a SheriflF, during the Lord Depu- 
ty's Government, and that notwithftanding one 
Captain Willis was made SheriflF of Fermannaghj 
having for his Guard one hundred Men, and lead- 
ing about fome one hundred Women apd Boys, 
all whichlived on the Spoil of the Country. Hence 
this barbarous Lord, caking his Advantage, fet 
upon them, and drove them into a Church, where 
he would have put them all to the Sword, if the 
Earl of 'Tyrone had not interpofed his Authority, 
and made Cpmpofition for their Lives, with Con- 
dition that they fhould depart • the Country. 
Whereupon the Lord Deputy, Sir fVilUam FitZ'^ 
Williams^ fent the Queen's Forges into Fermannaghj 
yron Mac Guire*s Caftle of Enniskillen^ and pro- 
claimed him Traytor. • And the Irijh avow, that 
the Lord Deputy there let fa Ithreatning Speeches 
in publick againft the Earl oijyrone^ calling him 
Traytoi". 

T^hefe Speeches coming to the Eati's hearing, he 
ever after pretended, that they were the firft Caufe 
that moved him to mifdoubt his Safety, and to iland 
upon his Defence, now firft combining hhnfelf 
with^ Donnelj and the other Lords of the North j 
to defend their Honours, Eftates, and Liberties. 
When Tyrone firft began to plot his Rebellion, he's 
faid to have ufed two notal>le Pra6tices. Firft, his 
Men being altogether rude in the Ufeof Arms, he 
offered the State to fcrvc the Queen againft Turlogh 
Lynnogh with fix. hundred Men of his own, and fo 
obtained fix Captains, to train them (called by our 
Men Butter Captains, as living upon Cefs) and by 
this Means (and his own Men in pay, which he dai- 
ly changed, puttingnew untrained Men in the room 
of others) he trained all his Men to the perfeft Ufe 
of their Arms. Secondly, pretending to build a fair 
Houfe (which our State diinks a tyeof Civility) he 
;ot Licenfe to tranfport to Dungannm a great 
^jiantity of Lq|d (o cover the Battlements of his 

Houfe : 



Chap.I. 0/ IRELAND. 29 

Houfe : But ere long employed the fame only to 
make Bullets for the War. But I return to my Pur* 
pofe. 

Sir Henry Bagmly Marfhal of Ireland^ had for- 
mfrly exhibited to the State divers Articles of 
Treafon praftifed by the Earl of Tyrone^ who now 
would not come to the State without a Pro|iQ:ion. 
To thefe Articles the Earl anfwered by £fetters, 
faying, that the Marfhal accufed him upon Envy, 
and byfuborned Witnefles, and that he together 
with the Lord Deputy, apparently fought his over- 
throw. Further complaining, that the Marfhal 
detained from him his Sifler*s Portion, *whom he 
had married, and that (according to his former 
Complaint) he ufurped turifdi£bion over zWUlJiefy 
and in particular exercifed it over him. Yet thefe 
Articles of Treafoil againfl the Earl were believed 
in England^ till he offered by his Letters to fland 
to his Trial either in England or Ireland. And ac« 
cordingly he anfwered to the faid Articles before the 
Lord Deputy and Council at Dundalk^ in fuch fort 
as they who had written into England againfl him, 
now to the contrary wrote, that he had fufficiently 
anfwered them. Whereupon the Lords 
of England wrote to the Earl of Tyrone^ Ann. i j>f^ 
in the Month of Auguft^ qf the follow- 
ing Year, that they approved his Anfwers, and 
that in their Opinion he had wrong, to be fo charg- 
ed, and that publickly before Judges, andefpecial- 
ly, that his Anfwqrs were for a Time concealed! 
Further, they commended him for the token of 
Loyalty he had given, in dealing with Afor Gwire 
toiiibmit himfeif, exhorting him to perfifl in his 
good Courfe, and charging him (the rather for a- 
voiding his Enemies Slander) not to meddle with 
compounding of Controverfies in Ulfier out of 
Tyrone J without the Lord Deputies fpecial War- 
rant. At the fame time their Lordfhips wrote to 
the Lord Deputy, taxing him and the Marfhal^ 

that 



JO MoRYSON^i Hijiory Bookti 

that they had ufed the Earl againft Law and Equi^ 
ty, and that he the Lord Deputy was not indi£F(g« 
rent to the Earl, who ofFercd to come over into 
England to juftify himfelf. Thus was the Earl 
cleared in fhew, but whether through Fear of his 
Enemies^ or the guiltinefs of his Confcience^ "he 
ihewed himfelf ever after to be diffident of his ow0 
Safety. 

In the Beginning of the Year i fp4, Mac. Guin 
brake into open Rebellion, he entered with Forces 
into Connaught (where the Burks and Orwarke in 
Leitrim^ commonly called Orwarkes Country^ for 
Difobediences to the State, had been profecuted by 
Sir Richard Bingham^ Governor of that Province.) 
This forerunner of the greater Confpirators (fliort- 
ly after feconded by Mac Mabown) was perfwad- 
edto enter Connaugbthy Gauranus aPrieft, whom 
the Pope (forfooth) had made Primate of all /r^- 
iand^ and was incouraged thereunto, by his omina-* 
ting of good Succefs. But by the Valour of Sir 
Ricbard Bingbam the Go vernoi^ Mac Gwire was re- ' 
pelled, with the Slaughter or many of his Meo^ 
among whom this pretended Primate was killed. 

Againft this Mac Gwire^ the Earl of lyrom 
ferved with the Queen's Forces, and valiantly fight** 
ing, was woundeS in the Thigh, yet this Earl pro- 
viding for his Security, about this Time imprifon- 
ed the above-mentioned Son$ of Shane 6 Neal^ who 
had efcaped out of Dublin Caftle, and if they had 
been there kept, would have been a fure pledge of 
his Obedience, neither would he reftoi^e them to 
Liberty, though he were required fo to do, but 
ftill covering his treacherous Heart with Oftenta- 
tion of a Fear conceived of his Enemies, he ceaied 
not dailv to complain of the Lord Deputies and 
Marfhal^ envy againft him, and of wrongs done 
him by the Garrifon Soldiers. Thus the Fire of 
this dangerous.RebeUion is now kindled, by the a* 
hovc-souned Caufes, to which may be ^ded^ the 

Ha- 



Chap.I. o/IRELAND* jt 

Hatred of the Conquered againft the Cortquetors^ 
the diflFerence of Religion^ the love of the Irijh 
to Spain (whence fome of them are defcended;,) the 
Extortions of Sheriffs and Sub-fheriffs buying thefe 
Places, the ill Government of the Church among 
ourfelves, and the admitting Popifh Priefts among 
the/ri/&5 and many fuch like. And this Fire of Re- 
bellion now kindled, ihall be found hereafter to 
be increafed to a devouring Flame, by flow and flen- 
der Oppofitions to the firlt Eruptions, before they 
had Liberty to combine and know their own 
Strength j by not laying Hands timely on fufpe£ted 
Perfons of Quality, to prevent their combining 
with the refl (efpecially in Munfter^ being as yet 

?uiet :) By entertaining and arming of Iryhmen (a 
oint of high Over fight begun by Sir John Perrot^ 
and increafed by Sir William Fitx- Williams^ the 
prefent Lord Deputy, who at the firfl fending of 
Forces into Farmannagh^ gave Power to certain 
Irijbmen to raifc Companies, which they did of 
their own Countrymen, fo as this ill Cuftom being 
sifter continued, it both furnifhed the Enemy with 
trained Men, and filled our Bands with fuch falfe- 
hearted Soldiers, as fome doubted, whether we 
had not better have them Enemies than Friends :) 
By a Treaty entertained at the very entrance of the 
Rebellion, before any Blow was firucken, which 
made the Traytors proud, and daunted the Hearts 
of' good Subje&8 j by enfuing CefTations, long con- 
tinuing and giving Liberty to the Traytors to 
ftrengthen their Combination, and to arm thein- 
felvesinFordgnPartsandat home, whereupon all 
idle and difcontented People had Opportunity to 
draw into Tyrme^ and the Traytor Earl of 7'yrone 
had means to oppi^ the bordering Lords of Coun- 
tries adjoining, whereof many feeling once \m 
Power, fome for Ffeaf, fome for Love, joined with 
him. Befides that, the Army in the mean Time 
was not only ftncHceffiVe Charge to the Queen, but 

lay 



ii M6rVSon'5 Hifiory BookL 

lay idle^ and inftead of hurting the Enemy, op- 
prefled the Subjeft^ thereby daily driving many in- 
to Rebellion. LalHy (for I will not more curioufly 
fearch the Caufes, being not fuitablc to fo brief a 
Narration as I intend,) the Rebellion was nourifh- 
ed and increafed by nothing more, than frequent 
Protedions and Pardons, granted even to thofe, 
who had formerly abuled this Mercy, fo as all enter- 
ed and continued to be Rebels, with Aifurance to 
be received to Mercy at their Pleafure, whereof 
they fpared not to brag, and this heartned the Rebel 
no lefs, than it difcouraged the Subjedt. 

This prcfent Year i f 94, about 
Anno 15-94 Sir the Month of Auguft^ Sir Willtam 
KS^DeS Fii^'Williams^ the Lord Deputy be- 
^* ing recalled into England^ Sir JVil-^ 
Ham Rujfel took the Sword. About this time C7/- 
ftermen in open Hottility diftrefled her Majefty's 
Forces, and Tyrone (fo I will hereafter call him, 
deferving no Addition of Title,) having long ab- 
fented himfelf from the State, was undoubtedly re- 
puted a Party in their Rebellion, when his fudden 
and voluntary Appearance before this new Lord. 
Deputy at Dublin^ in the very firft Month of his 
Government, made many hope better of him. He 
moft afluredly promifcd all humble Obedience to 
the Queen, as well before the State at Dublin^ in 
his own Perfon, as to the Lords in England by his 
Letters, and makiog his moft humble Submiffion 
to her Majcfty, belought to be reftored to her 
former Grace, from which he had fallen by the 
Mng Slanders of hi5 Enemies, not by any his juft 
L)efert. The Marlhal Sir Henry Bagml was then 
ready to prove before the Lord Deputy Articles of 
High Treafon againft Tyrone^ and to avow that he 
fent Mac Gwire with his Primate into Connaught. 
That he had fecret Intelligence with theTraytors 
Mac Gwire and 6 Donnelj and had communicated 
Couofcls with thcm^ and gave them aid in the- 

wafting 



Ctap.l^ (7/ IRELAND. 3j 

vrafting ofMotmagban^ and the b6liegittg of Enms* 
killing^ by his Brother Cormac Mac Barpn^ and bjr 
Con his own bafe Soa > and that he by Threats had 
drawn the Captains o£ Kilulfo and Kilwamy from 
their Faith ana Allegiance to the Queen. It was ia 
Council debated, whether Tyrone ihould be fbiy'd 
to anfwer hereunto ; and the Lord Deputy was of 
opinion he ihould be ftay'd : but mod of the Coun* 
fellors^ either for idle fear, or inclination of love to 
Tyrone^ thought -beft to difmifs him for that time^ 
and the Counfel of thefe, as more in number, and 
beft 'experienced inlrifif affairs, thp Lord Deputy 
followed. This much dilpleafed the Queen, hncc 
this Fox's treafonable Practices were now fo appa- 
rent, and herfelf had forewarned, that in caite h6 
came to the State, he ihould be ftay'd till he had 
clear'd himlelf of all imputed Crimes. And the 
•Lords in England by their Letters thence, iharply 
reproved the Lord Deputy for fo difmifling him^ 
which might give the Rebels juft Gaufe to think 
that they durft not charge him with Treafon for 
Fear of his Forces, and their Lordfhips profcffed 
to doubt that fyrone^s Performance would not be 
fuch as might warrant this Aft. 

The Lord Deputy fhortly after took the 
Field, and leaving for martial Caufes the Earl 
of Ormondj for civil Caufes the Lord Chancellor, 
to govern Leinfier and thofe Parts in his Abfence, 
drew the Forces into Fermanagh j that he might 
relieve Enniskillingj vindexvcl Mac Guire out o£ his 
Country. This Winter following, it feems there 
was fome Negotiation on both Sides about Peace. 
For in the Month o£ February^ the Lords of JEng^ 
land wrote to the Lord Deputy, of her Majefly's 
Diflike of certain Writings fcnt over from^ Donnel 
and Sir Arthur tf NeaJ^^ namely that in their Petiti- 
ons, they included the Pardon of Mac <Snire^ «nd 
Orwarke (commonly call'd Orurke\ That they 
indented with the Lord Deputy, that he ihould 

VoL.L G come 



34 Movixsoifs Hiftory Book I. 

xome to Dundalk within a Month, and efpecially 
-that the Lord Deputy by Sir Edward More fhould 
^defirc a Fortnight more for his coming thither. 
Their Lordihips aUb fignified, that the Queen fent 
over zooo old Soldiers which had ferved under Ge- 
neraji Nqrris in Britanny^ (giving order that they 
ihould be divided into Hundreds, and fo many Cap- 
tains) befides that I ODD Soldiers were levied in 
England to be fent thither. And becaufe their 
Lordfhips judged that all the Practices of the Nor- 
thern Lords came out of Tyrone's School, (how- 
foever he grofly diffembled the contrary), their 
Lordfhips advifed the Lord Deputy to offer 6 Domtel 
Pardon, fo as he would fever himfclf from Tyrone 5 
and that the rather, becaufe he was put into Rebel- 
lion by Sir John Peirrofs imprifoning him without 
any Caufe. 

"Tyrone hearing that Supplies of Soldiers, and 
namely the old Soldiers of Britanny^ were coming 
for Ireland^ and that Garrifons of /?»g///& were to be 
planted at the Caftles of Ballijhannon and Relike^ 
lying upon the Lake Earn^ thought it no longer 
time to temporife j wherefore about this time of 
this Year ending, or the fir ft Entrance of 
Anno IS9S' the Year i f pj*, he drew his Forces to- 
gether, and in open Hoftility fuddenly 
aflaulted the Fort of Black-water^ built upon the 
Paflage into Tyrone on the South- fide, and taking 
the fame, rafed it, and broke down the Bridge, 
And now the Northern Rebels, with Banners dtf- 
play'd, cntred the Brennie. Yet at this time Tyrone 
fubtilly made fuit for Pardon, and promifed the 
Treafurer at War, Sir Henry Wallop^ that he would 
continue his Allegiance to the Queen. At this 
tim^\xkcvji£tFeagh Mac Hugh ^ Walter Reagh^ and 
and many Leinfterratn^ began .to enter into Afkiom 
pf Hoftility ag-ainft thcE»gliJb. 

The 






ChapiL ©/IRELAND* 3; 

The Lord Deputyi who faw this Storm 
of Rebellion would lie heavy on his ^^JduS 
Shoulders^ in his Letters to the Lords in General to^ 
England had let fall a Requeft, that fome gether. 
old experienced Commander might be 
fent over to him for his better affiftance, meaning 
(no doubt) fuch a Captain as fhould be commanded 
by the fupreme Authority of the Lord Deputy. 
But the Lords either miftaking his Intent, or bc- 
caufe they fo judged it beft for her Majefty*s fervicc, 
fent over Sir Jobn Norris^ a great Leader, and fa- 
mous in the Wars of the Low Countries and France^ 
giving him the Title of Lord General, with abfo- 
lute Command over military Affairs in the Abfence 
of the Lord Deputy. This great Commander was 
not like to be willingly commanded by any Who had 
liot borne as great or greater Place in the Wars than 
himfelf. So as whether through Emulation grow- 
ing between him and the Lord Deputy, or a decli- 
ning of his Fortune, incident to the greateft 
Leaders i ho wfoever he behaved himfelf moft vali- 
antly and wifely in fome Encounters againfl Tyrone 
and the chief Rebels,yet he did nothing againft them 
of Moment. About the Beginning of June the 
Lord Deputy and the Lord General drew their For- 
ces towards jlrmagh^ and now Tyrone had fent Let- 
ters of SubmifHon to them both (intreating the 
Lord General more efpecially for a milder Proceed- 
ing againft him, fo as he might not be forc'd to a 
headlong Breach of his Loyalty). Thefe Letters 
fhould have been deliverea at Dundalky but the 
Marfhal Bagnol intercepting them, ftay *d the Mef- 
fenger at the Newry till the Lord Deputy*s Return, 
at which time, becaufe in this Journey Tyrone had 
been proclaimed Traitor, he refufed to receive 
them, in refpefl: of her Majefty's Honour. 

Yet Ihortly after, at 7y^(?»^*s inftance, Siv Henry 
TFallop^ Treafurer at War, and Sir Robert Gardner j 
chief Juftic^ of. Ireland^ were by Commiffion ap- 

C ^ pointed 



3^ Moryson'5 Hifiory BookL 

Eointed to confer with him and his confederate Re- 
ck. Tyrone in this Conference complained of the 
Marflial for his ufurped Jurifdidion in Ulfterj for 
depriving him of the Queen's Favour by Slanders, 
for intercepting his late Letters to the Lord Depu- 
ty and Lord General, protefting that he never ne- 
fotiated with foreign Prince till he was proclaimed 
Vaitor. His humble Petitions were, that he and 
his might be pardoned, and have free Exercife of 
Religion granted (which not with llanding had 
never before either been puniihed or enquired after) ^ 
that theMarihal ihould pay him one thoufandPound 
for his dead Sifters, his Wife's Portion 5 that no 
Garrifons nor Sheriffs fhould be in his Country j 
that his Troop of fifty Horfe in the Queen's Pay 
might be reftored to him > and that luch as had 
ipreyed his Country might make reftitution. 

6 Dd///^^/ magnifying nis Father's and Progeniton 
Services to the Crown, complained that Captain 
Boyne^ fent by Sir John Perrot with his Company 
into his Country, under pretence to reduce the 
People to Civility, and being well enteitained of 
his Father, had befides many other Injuries, raifed 
a Baftard to be 6 Donml^ and that Sir John Perrot^ 
by a Ship fent thither, had taken himfelf by force, 
and long imprifoned him at Dublin s and that Sir 
WilUam Fitz Williams had wrongfully kept Otoen 
6 Toole^ above-mentioned, feven Years in Prifon* 
His Petitions were for Pardon to him and his, and 
for Freedom of Religion j that no Garrifons or 
Sheriffs might be placed in his Country j and that 
certain Caftles and Lands in the County of Sligo 
might be reftored to him. 

Shane Mac Brian MacPielime 6 Neal complained 
of an Ifland taken from him by the Earl ot EJjix^ 
and that he had been imprifoned till he furrendred to 
the Marihal a Barony, his antient Inheritance. 
Hugh Mac Guire complained of Infolencies done by 
Garrifon Soldiers and by a SbcrifiF, who befides 

killed 



Chap.I. <9/IRELAND. 37 

killed one of his nearefl Kinfmen. Brian Mac Hugh 
Ogey znd Mac Mahowne (fo the /r;>& caird the chief . 
of that Name furviving), and Ever Mac Cooly of 
the fame Family of Mac Mabowm's^ complained 
of the above-mentioned unjuft Execution of Hugh 
Roe Mac Mabowne^ in the Go vernment of Six fFil- 
liam Fitz fFHHams. 

The Commiflioners judged fome of their Petiti- 
ons equal, others they referred to the Queen's Plea- 
fure : But when on the Queen's Part they pro« 
pounded to the Rebels fome Articles to be perform- 
ed by them, they weregrown fo infojent, as judging 
them unequal, the Conference was broken on^ 
with a few Days Truce granted on both Sides, 
when the Queen, for fparing of Blood, had refol- 
ved to give them any reafon^le Conditions. 

This Truce ended, the Lord Deputy and the 
Lord General, abouttheeighteenthof J/z/j', dr6w 
the Forces to jtrmagb^ with fuch Terror to the Re- 
bels, as Tyrone left the Fort of Biackwater^ burnt 
the Town of Dungannon^ and pulPd down his 
Houfe there, burnt all Vilkges, and betook himfelf 
to the Woods. They proclaimed Tyrone Traitor in 
his own Country, and leaving a Guaifd in the 
Church of Armagb^ they for want of Viftuals re- 
turned to Dublin^ md by the Way placed a Garri- 
{onin Monagban. And when the Army came near 
to Dundalky the Lord Deputy, according to his 
Inftru&ions from England^ yielded the Command 
of tiie Army to the Lord General, and leaving him 
with the Forces in the Northern Borders, returned 
to Dublin. The third o£ September^ Hugb^ Earl of 
Tyrone^ Hugh 6 Donnel^ Brian 6 Rourhj Hugh Mac 
Guire^ Brian Mac Mabowne^ Sir Arthur d Nealy 
Art Mac Baron^ Henry Oge 6 Nealj Turlogb Mac 
Henry 6 Nealj Cormac Mac Baron (Tyrone's Brother), 
Con 6 Nialy Tyrone's bafe Son, Brian Art Mac Brian^ 
and one Francis Mounfoord^ were for Form of Law 
indited^ though ibfenu and condemned judicially 

C J of 



38 Moryson's Hifiory Bookl, 

of Treafon in the County of Lowtb^ near the Bor-* 
dcrs of the North. 

From this time the Leinfier Rebels began to grow 
very ftrong : for Feogb Mac Hugh of the Obirns^ 
and Donnel Spanniab of the Cavans^ when they 
were declining, and in want of Munition, were 
not profecutcd^ but upon feigned SiibmifCon were 
received into Prote&ion,. and fo had jneans to re- 
new their Forces, and fupply their Wants, fo a^ 
this Ycar^^ about this Month of September^ they 
began to bpprefs all the Subjefts, frpm the Gates 
almolt of Dublin^ to the County of Wexford (^c 
nioft ancient EngUJb County, and ever miich cared 
for by the Queen,) which they fpoiled, wanting 
Forces to detcnd it, and fo deprived the EnglijB 
Soldier of great Relief he might have found there- 
in. The like may be faid of the 6 Connors iq 
Opbalia. 

General Norris being left by the Lord De-! 
^piity on the northern Borders, with full Com- 
mand of the Army, the Winter paffed without 
any great Exploit. There was in many things 
no fmall Emulation between the Lord Deputy and 
him, and no lefs in Tyrone's particular. The Lord 
Deputy feemed to the Lord General, to be unequal 
and too fharp againft Tyrone^ with whom he wifli- 
cj no Treaty ot Peace to be held, (which he wife- 
ly did, having experienced his talfe Subtilty, and 
Icnowinc that hc'iought Delays, onlv till he could 
have Aid from Spain) But the Lord 6eneral (whe- 
ther it were in Emulation of the Lord Deputy, or 
in his Favour and Love 10 Tyrone) was willing to 
reclaim him by a gentle Courfe (which that Craf- 
ty Fo>f could well nouriih in him.) And it feeins 
(omc Part of the Winter paifed, while this Pror 
jcft was negotiated between them. 

For in the BeG;inning of the Year 
4nao I f 9. . J ^^^ ^ Commiflion was procured out 

of EngUnJ^ whereby her iVIajelly, though luftly 

oflfcnded 



Chap.I. of IRELAND. 311 

offended with "Tyrone and his Affociates, about theiis 
Demands, in the former Conference with Sir Heti'- 
ry Wallops and Sir Robert Gardner^ yet in regard 
of their Letters of humble Submiflion, lince that 
Time prefented to her, doth fignify her gracious 
Pleafure to Sir John Norris^ Lord General, and 
Sir Geffry Fenton^ her Majefty's Secretary for Ire^ 
land^ giving them Authority to promile Pardon 
of Life, and reftoririg of Lands and Goods to the 
faid Lords, feeking with due Humility her Royal 
Mercy, and to hear them, with Promife of favou- 
rable Confideration in all their Complaints. And 
thus much the Commiflioners lignined to Tyrone 
and 6 Donnel^ bv Captain Sant Leger^ and Captain- 
IVarren^ fent or purpofc unto them, withlnftruc* 
tions dated the eleventh of Aprils this prcfent Year, 
lyptf, and with Reference of other Particulars, 
to a Meeting appointed to be at Dundalk. The 
twentieth of the fame Month, Tyrone^' ^t DundaJk 
before thcfe Commiflioners, craved the C^ecii't 
Mercy on his Knees, figning with his Hand z 
moft humble Submiflion in Writing, vowing 
Faith in the Prefence of Almighty God, who 
fceth into the Secrets of all Mens Hearts, and (to' 
ufe ftill his own Words) mofl; humbly craving her 
Majefty's Mercy and Pardon on the Knees' of his 
Heart. His firft Petition for Liberty of Religion, 
was utterly rejefted. For the fecond, touching 
Freedom from Garrifons and Sheriffs^ he was an- 
fwered, that her Majefty would not oe prcfcribed 
how to govern. In tne third, intcrcceding for 
S Reilly^s Pardon, it was difliked that he ftiould 
capitulate for others, yet giving hope of his Par- 
don upon his own Submiflion. For the fourth, 
concerning the Jurifdiftion of Armagh^ the An- 
fwer was, that her Majefty would rderve all the 
Bifhops Right. For the fifth, concerning the 
freeing of Shane 6 NeaVs Sons, it was referred to 
h?r Majefty's further Pleafure. Finally, he pro- 

C 4 mifed 



40 MoRysoN^f Hifiary Book I, 

xniTe^ to defift from aiding the Rebels^ and from 
intcrmeckiling with the rvTeighbour I^ords. To 
make his Country a Shire, f Q adniit a Sheriff, 
To renounice the Title of 6 Neal. To confefs 
(upon his Pardon) alt his Intelligence? with fo- 
reign PrinceS) and all his pafi: Adtions, which may 
concern the Good of the State. To rebuild the 
Fort and Bridge oi BJackwat^^ and to relieve {he 
Garrifon for ready Monpy at all times. Tq de-? 
liver in fufficient PJedges. To difniifs all his Forces^ 
^nd to pay fuch reafonabje fine to her Majeftv'^ 
"tfe, as ihould be thought meet by her Majefty. 

tugh 6 JOonnel at the fame time did agree to divers 
^rticles, for the (jfood of his Countrv,^ and made 
Kis like humble ^ubmiflion. Th^ like did Hugk 
Mac Quire y^ Bryan Mac Hugh^ Ever Oge Rqe Mac 
Cooly^ Bryan 6 Reivark (called 6 Rqrke^ S bane Mac 
Mryan^ Phillip i Jieijiy^ and others. To each one 
was given (under the Commiflioners Hands) aPror? 
mifc of her Majefly*s Pardon, upon putting in of 
|?ledgcs^. And Proclamation was made, to give 
Jloticc hereof to all the Queen's Subje&s, t^hat 
in the mean time no A£l;s m Hoilility might be 
4one againft ^ny of thofe, who had Xofxs fubmit-s 
ted thcmfelves. ■*' 

Thus the Ul/ler Rebels, by a Submiflion too ' 
toneft to be truly intended by them, whilft Pledges! 
were expected, and Pardons drawn, were freed 
from the Profecution of the Queen's Forces this 
Summer. And even at this time did Tyrone foli- 
pite Aid in Spain^ and two or three MefFcngers 
frame fecretly to the Rdjels from thence, by whom 
many of them (as 4 Jiorkcj Mac ^illiamy 8fc.) 
iqit a Writing figned, to the King of Spain^ co- 
venanting, that if he would fent fufficient ForceSj| 
f:hey would join theirs to his, and if he would at 
aU relieve them, in the mean time they would re- 
fufe all Conditions of Peace. But. Tyrone^ though 
f gnfenf ingjj yet yras top crafty to fign this Cove- 
nant, 



Ghap.L o/IRELAND. 4? 

nant, yea, craftily he fent the King of Spain's An- 
fwer to the Lord Deputy, whilft he notwithftan- 
ding relied on the promited Succours. I find no* 
thing of Moment done this Summer by the Forces 
with the General, being reftrained by the laft A- 
greement at Dundalk $ only about the End of Au^ 
gujt^ he wrote out of Connaught unto the Lord De- 
puty, complaining of divers Wants, and defiring 
more Forces to be (ent him. To whom the Lord 
Deputy anfwered, that his Lordihip had* War- 
rant to fupply fome of his Wants in the Country^ 
find denied the fending of any Forces to him, be- 
caufe himfdf was to go into the Field. 

By this time the Rebels of Leinfter were (as I 
foiTx^erly mentioned) grown ftrong, Feogb Mac 
Hu^ breaking his Proteftion, entred into A£fcr 
of Hoftility, and he together with the 6 Mores^ 
$ Connors^ 6 BimeSy 6 Tooles^ the Ca/vehagbs^ But^ 
lerSj and the chief Names of Connaugbty animated 
by the Succefsof UlfterlAtxx^ combined together^ 
and demanded Co have the barbarous Titles of i 
and Mac J together with Lands they claimed, to be 
reftored to them^ in tht mean time fpoiling all 
(he Country on all Sides. 

About the Month of January^ Six Richard Bing* 
iamj Governor of Connaught j who had valiantly 
beaten 6 Rorke out of his Country, and profecuted 
the Bourks^ and other Rebels, was callea into Eng^ 
fandj upon Complaints of the Irifi^ and Sir Conyers 
Clifforawvis fent to govern Connaught. This Gen- 
tlei^an coipplained oflF by the Irijh^ was valiant 
gnd wife j out fome or our EngUJb Statefmen 
thought him too fevere, and that he had thereby 
4rivCT many into Rebellion, howfoevcr himfelf 
very well experienced in the Country, and thofe 
who beft underftood the Irijb Nature, found no- 
thing fo ncceflary for keeping them in Obedience, 
as Severity, nor fo dangerous for the Increafe ot 
Murders and Outrages^ as Indulgence towards 

them« 



4i MoRYSON^f Hijiory Book!. 

them. His Anfwcft to their Complaints could not 
, be fo admitted, as for the time fome Difcoun* 
tenance fell not on him, which Reward of Ser- 
vices he conftantly bore, till in Ihort time after, 
to his great Grace, the State thought fit again 
to ufc his Service, in a Place of great Command 
in the Army. 

Sir John Norris Lord General, Sir George 
Bourcher^ Matter of her Majefty*s Ordnance, and 
"Sir Geffery Fenton her Majefty's Secretary £or Ireland^ 
being by Comlniifion direffced to treat again with 
Tyrone^ did by their Letters dated the twentieth of 
January J remember him of the favour he had re- 
ceived at the laft Treaty at Dundalk^ and charged 
him (as formerly he had been charged) with high 
Crimes fince that committed by hiirij to th? vi6k-» 
tion of the Articles then agreed on, therefore ad-^ 
vifing him, that fince thev were for her Majefty's 
Service to draw to the Borders, he would there tef- 
tify to thcmf his Penitence for Qffences done (ince 
his Pardon, by fuch an humble and hearty Submiflli-» 
on, as they might recommend into England froni 
him. Tyrone by his Anfwer of the two and twenti- 
eth of January^ acknowledged under his Hand her 
Majefty's Mercy therein extended to him, and con-; 
fefled Ofiences and Breaches of the Articles there 
Signed, withal defiring them, to examine the 
Wrongs and Provocations, by which he had been 
driven thereunto, and protefting his Sorrow for 
thefe Offences. The fame Day he met the Com- 
miflloners near Dundalk^ where he being on the one 
fide of the Brook, they on the other, he put off his 
Hat, and holding it with great Reverence in his 
Hand, faid to them. That he was come thither, 
not only to Ihew his Duty to them, as her Majefty's 
Commiffioners, but his inward defire to be made 
and continued a Subjcft. When he would havo 
remembred the Wrongs fince his late Pardon pro-? 
voking him to Difloyalty, they cut him ofi^ by rc- 

membring 



Chap.L <?/ IRELAND. 43 

membring him of all the Benefits, and that of hit 
laft Pardon, received from the Queen, which 
fliould have counterpoifed his Wrongs, and have 
kept him in Duty. He confeffed this, with fhew 
of great Remorle, and protefted before God and 
Heaven, that there was no Prince nor Creature, 
whom he honoured as he did her Majefty 5 nor any 
Nation of People that he loved or trulted morc^ 
than the Englifi. Protefting further, that if her 
Majefty would pleafe to accept of him again as a 
Subject, and to take fuch courfe as he might be fo 
continued, (thus ftill he referved Pretence of 
Wrongs to madow his future Difloyalties,) theft 
he doubted not but to redeem all his Faults paft with 
fome notable Services. Befides, he gave Anfwers 
to divers Queftions, and figned them after with his 
Hand. Finl, asked what Meflages and Letters 
had paflTed between Spain and him $ he anfwered, 
never to have received any ,but Tncouragements ifrom 
Spain^ and Aflurances ot an Army to aid him : that 
he never had further contra£t with the Spaniards^ 
and that he had fent the King of Spain's Letter a- 
bove-mentioned to the Lord Deputy and Council: 
That he never received thence any Money or ought 
of Value, nor any of his Confederates to his Know- 
ledge. Only 6 Donnel had fome fifteen Barrels of 
Powder, whereof he fhould have had a Portion, 
but never had it. Secondly, for the late Submit- 
ties, Pardons, and Pledges, he undertook that 
with all fpeed the Pledges fhould befcnt to DuUin^ 
with Agents" to fueout the Pardons, granted in the 
laft Treaty at DundalL Thirdly, tor his making 
6 Reilly^ ne vowed that the Gentlemen of the 
Country made him, and th:it he would hereafter ne- 
ver meddle in the Caufes of the Brenny . Fourthly, 
for the Rebels of Leinfter and the Butlers^ he 
anfwefed, that he never had Confederacy with 
znyhMlFeogbmas Hughj andforthejB«//^rj, he ne- 
ver 



44 MoRYSOjff Hifiory BookL 

vcr had any Thing to do with them. Fifthly, for 
Agents in Spain^ he denied to have any, or to know 
any his Confederates had. Sixthly, for his jea« 
loufy of the State, he avowed it to be upon juft 
Caufes, which he would after make known. This 
done, he defired Captain Warren might come over 
the Brook to him, and then by him he requeued 
that himfelf mieht come over to the Commiifion- 
crs, in token ot his faithful Heart to her Majefty, 
which granted, he with great reverence faluted 
them, and with Hat in Hand, lifting up his Eyes 
to Heaven, defired God to take Vengeance on him, 
if (herMajeftyvouchfafingtomakehima Subjeft, 
and to cauie the Articles of Dundalk to be kept to 
him) he would not continue faithful, and defired 
never to fee Chrift in the Face, if he meant not as 
he fpoke. He confefiied, that the Spanijh Ships late- 
ly arrived in the Nortb^ had brought 6 Donnel the 
King's Letter, fijgnifying that he heard the Earl of 
Tyrone to be dead, and the Irifi to have received a 
;reat overthrow, defiring to be advertifed of their 
Itate. And that tDannel before his coming had 
given anfwer, that if the King fent an Army, he 
would take his Parr, and hoped the like of the o- 
ther Irijb. But at his coming, that the Spanijb 
Captain excufing that the King had not written to 
him, ^e only told him, that Promife had not been 
kept with him by the Englifh^ and therefore he 
would not refufe the King's promifed Aid. And 
with many Execrations (wore, that the Captain 
left neither Munition nor Treafure with him, and 
that he never received any Thing from the King of 
Spain^ but that Letter above-mentioned, which he 
fent to the Lord Deputy. And that he never wrote 
but three Letters into Spain^ all about one Time, 
and (as he thought) all intercepted. Laftly, he 
vehemently denied to have incitea any Munfter Men 
to Rebellion, fince his laft Pardon. So with like 
Reverence as formerly, he took his leave. 

Upon 



«■ 



Chap.L 0/ IRELAND. 4^ 

Upon Advcrtifcmcnt horeof into England^ the 
CommiiHoncrs received ample Power to conclude 
alT Things with Tyrone. Thus much they made 
known to him by Letters, fent to him by his old 
friend Captain JVarren^ the nintli of March^ with 
Inftru6tions to appoint the fecondof April the Day 
of meeting at Dundalky which jtyrone accepted, 
wi^ fhew of joy to be received to her Majefty*s 
Mercy, the S weetnefs whereof he had often expe- 
rienced, and of fear to be purfued by her Forces, 
which he profefTedhimfelf not able to refift. But 
by his Letters the fifteenth of March^ he made 
doubt of meeting, pretending that his Pledges 
were not changedaccording to Covenant, nor Re* 
ilitudon made him by thofe that had preyed his 
Country, and that his Confederates could not come 
fofoon. The CommifHoners replyed bv Letters 
the two and twentieth of March ^ that tncfe were 
but Delays, fince the Pledges at the Meeting (upoa 
his putting in his eldeft Son for Pledge) ihould be 
reftored, and he in all Things reafonably fatisfied^ 
protefting that if he refufea this occafion, they 
could do no more for him, fince her Majefty would 
be no longer abufed by his fair Promifes and Delap : 
Adding, that he mufl; conform himfelf to the Di^ 
reftions they had, and could not alter. Mafter Se <^ 
cretary vrrote out of England unto the Commiflion- 
crs the two and twentieth of March 5 That her 
Majefty was difpleafcd to have the Treaty thus de- 
layed, and charged to have the Meeting in a To wn^ 
as a Submiffionof the Rebels, not in the Field as a 
Parlejr. Tliat her Majefty prepared for the War, 
rcfolving; not to have any more Treaties^ if, this 
tooknotEffeft. Laftly, dcfiring them to acquaint 
the Lord-Deputy with all their Direftions, and 
thelflues, and to excuie his not writing to his 
Lordihip, blinking that the Commiflioners were 
not at Dublin with him. 

UpOQ 



ifi Morysom'x Hiftory BookL 

Upon the tenth of Jp'ilj in the Year 
ifP7, the CommiiSoners again jprefled 
Tyrone by Letters,not to flack his own greatelt Good 
by Delays, andappointedforthelallDayof Meet- 
ing, the fixteenth of that prcfent Month, and that 
his Confederates not able then to come, fhoulddraw 
afterasfoonasthey could, protefting that this was 
the laft Time that they would write unto him . 7y • 
rom on the feventeenth of jlpril^ fent his Reafons 
ofnot coming iFirftjuftifying his Relapfeirito Dif- 
loyalty by thcTruce not obferved to him,and becaufc 
Reftitution was not made him of Preys taken from 
him, which" was promifcd. Then excufing his 
not meeting, becaufehis Pledges, by the truce be- 
ing from three Months to three Months to be 
changed, were ftill. detained, yea, his Pledges the 
fecond time put in, were kept together with the 
iirft 5 And faying, that he durft not come to the 
Lord General, becaufe many Promifes by him made, 
being not kept, he knew it was much againft his 
honourable Mind, and fo could not be perfwaded, 
but that the Lord-General was over-ruled by the 
Lord- Deputy, fo as he could not make good his 
Promifes without the Lord-Deputy's confent, who 
ihe wed malice to him, and was no doubt the Caufc 
of all the Breaches of fuch Promifes, as had been 
made unto him* Again, in regard he heard that the 
Lord Bourgh was to come over Lord-Deputy, who 
was altogether unknown to him, he protefted to 
fear that the A£ts of the Lord-General with him, 
would not be made good, wifliing that rather the 
Lord- General might be continued in his Command, 
for then he wouldbe confident of a good Conclufi- 
on. Finally, he defired a Meeting near Dundalk. 
the fix and twentieth of Jpril^ but this Appoint- 
ment for the Day being againft the laft final Refo- 
lution, and for the Place againft her Majefty's Di- 
re&ions, there was no more Speech of thisTrea- 



Chap.I. «/ IRELAND. 47 

In the mean Time Sir ff^lliam Ruffit Lord^De^ 
puty, by the managing of thofe and like Affairs, 
finding himfclf not duly countenanced out of En^ 
landj in the Place he fuftained, had made earndt 
Suit to be called home, and accordingly about the 
end of May he was revoked, and the Lord Bourghj 
(fo he himfelf writes, others write Burke^ 
and Camden writes Borough) came over L. Bourgh. 
Lord-Deputy. The ill Succefs of the I- I>q?uty. 
Treaties and imall Progrefs of the Wars, 
together with this unexpe6fced change of the Lord- 
Deputy, coming with iupreme Authority, as well 
in Martial as Civil Caufes, broke the Heart of Sir 
John Norris Lord-Generd, a Leader as worthy and 
^rnous as England bred in our Age. Of late (ac- 
cording to vulgar Speech) he had difpleafed the 
Earl ot Ejffex^ then a great Favourite in Court, 
and by his Merits poflTelied of the Supenntendency 
in all martial Affiurs : For Sir John Norris had em- 
braced the Aftion of Brefi Fort in Britany^ and 
the Wars in thofe Parts, when the Earl him- 
felf had purpofe to entertain them, and prevailed 
againft the Earl, by undertaking them with lefs 
Forces, than the Earl defired ibr the fame. And 
it was thought that the Earl had preferred the Lord 
Bourghj ot purpofe to difcontent him, in regard 
the faid Lord Bourgb Bad had a private Quarrel with 
the faid General in England^ and thatbefides the 
fuperior Command of this Lord, (though other- 
wife moft worthy, yet of lefs Experience in the 
Wars than the General had,) could not but be un- 
fupportable to him, efteemed one of the greateft 
Captains of his Time^ and yet having inferior 
Command of the Prefidentihip of Munfter in the 
i^ame Kingdom . Certainly upon the Arrival of this 
new Lord-Deput]^, prcfcntly Genend Norris was 
commanded to ms Government of Munfier^ and 
not to ftir thence without Leave* When he came 

thither, 



48 MoRTSON^5 Hijiory Book I. 

thither, this Grief fo wrought upon his high Spi- 
rit, as it apparently broke his oraveand formerly un*- 
daunted Heart, for without -Sicknefs or any pub^ 
lick Sign of Grief, he fuddenly died, in the Em- 
brace of his dear Brother, Sir "Thomas Norris^ his 
Vice-prefident, within fome two Months of his 
coming into Munfter. 

The Lord Bourgb at his entry into the Place 
of Lord Deputy, found all the North in Rebel- 
lion, except feven Caftles, with their Towns or 
Villages, all but one lying towards the Sea, name- 
ly, Newry^ Knockfergus^ Carlingford^ Green-Cajile^ 
jirmagbj Dondrum^ and Olderfleet. And all Connaught 
was likewife in Rebellion, together with the Earl 
of Ormond's Nephews the Butlers^ in Munfter, 

In this Month of May^ 6 Rorke was fent into 
England J by the King of Scofs^ and there executed^ 
This 6 Rorke fcems to have been expelled his Coun- 
try, when Sir Richard Bingbam was Governor of 
Connaught^ but thofe of his Name, and the chief 
of them, ufurping the County of Leitrim^ ftiU 
continued Rebels. 

Tyrone hitherto with all Subtilty and a thoufand 
Slights abufing the State, when he faw any Dan- 
ger hanging over him, by feigned Countenance 
and felfe Words pretended huthbleft Submiffion, 
and hearty Sorrow for his Villanies j but as foon 
as Opportunity of purfuing him was omitted, or 
the Forces were of Neceffity to be drawn from 
his Country, with the Terror of them all his 
Loyalty vaniflied, yea, he failed not to mingle (e- 
cretly the greateft Counfek of Mifchicf with his 
humolefi: ^bmiffions. And thefe Copries had 
been nouriihcd by the Sloth of our Leader^ the 
Frugality of fome of our Cpunfellqrs, an^ the 
Queen's inbred Lenity : yet of all other, he had 
inoft abufed the late Lord GeqeraPs Love to him, 
and his Credulity, which fpecially grew out of 
bis Loye. Now of this new Lord JDeputy, by 

Letters 



Chip. I ^/ i R E L A N D. 4p 

Letters he requefted a Truce orCeflation, which it 
feemcd good to the Lord Deputy to grant for a 
Month, in regard of the Conveniency of her Ma- 
jcfty's prefent Affairs, not any way to gratify thb 
Rebel, for he had no Purpofe to entertain more 
Speech of his Submiffion, or to flack the Purfuit 
of him and his Confederates, to which he was 
wholly bent. He faw the lamentable EfFeds, 
which thefe Ceflations, together with Protedki- 
ons, had hitherto produced, and among other 
Evils, did fpecially refolve to avoid them. 

Therefore as foon as the Month of Tnicc was 
expired, the Lord Deputy as well by his firft Ac- 
tions^ to give Luftre andf ominous Prefage to his 
Government, as becaufe he judged it beft for the 
Service to ftrike at the Head^ prefently drew the 
Forces towards Tyrone^ The Iri/h^ in a Faftneft 
hear Armagh^ (fo they call ftraight PafTages in 
Woods^ where to the natural Strength of the 
l?lace is added the Art of interlacing the low 
iSows, and cafting the Bodies of Trees acrofs the 
Way) oppofed the Paflage of the EngUJh^ who 
made their Way with their Swords, and found 
that the Irijh refolutely aflaulted, would eafily 
give ground. Then the 'Lord Deputy aflaulted 
the Pbrt ofJBlackwater^ formerly built by the jE;^^- 
lijh upon the Pafl^age to Dungannon^ whence the 
Earl at his firfl: entering into Rebellion, had by 
Force expelled the Englijb^ as carefully as he 
would have driven Poifon from his Heart. This 
Fort he foon won, and repairing the fame, put a 
Company of Englijh Soldiers into it, to guard it. 
But whilfl: the Lord Deputy with the whole Ar- 
my were rendering Thanks to God for this good 
Succefs, the Rebels fliewed themfelvcs out oF the 
thick Woods near adjoining on the North-fide' 
of the Fort, fo as the Prayers were interrupted by 
calling to Arms. The Englijh entered Skirmifli, 
and prevailed againfl: them,, driving them to fly 

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into the thickeft of their Dens. In this Confli£b 
were killed Francis Faughan^ Brother to the Lord 
l>cputy's W ifc, and Robert Turner^ Serjeant Ma* 
jor of the Army, and two fofter Brethren to Hen- 
ry j Earl of Kildare^ who with his Troop of Horfe 
valiantly ferved upon the Rebel, and took the 
Death of his fofter Brethren fo to heart, (after the 
Education of the Irijb) as he ihortly after died. 
Many alfo were wounded, among whom llootnas 
Walker was of chief Name. 

When the Lord Deputy firft refolvcd to draw up 
to Blackivater^ h? fent f)ire£tions to Sir Conyers 
Clifford to come up with the Connaught Forces by 
the Way of Ballyjbannon^ and to meet him there, 
which he in like fort attempted, but. being over- 
matched by the Rebels lying in his Way, could 
not pierce fo far, but was forced to retire, and by 
that Retreat won great Reputation to himfelf and 
the Men under him : for having with him fomc 
iix or feven hundred Foot only 5 of which Part 
was of the old Britan Soldiers, and being aflailed 
by more than 2000 Rebels, during thirty Miles 
March he valiantly repelled them, and fafcly re- 
tired to the Garrifon. 

The Lord Deputy leaving the Fort at t\{.t Black- 
water well guarded to the Charge of Captain 
Siomas JVilhams^ withdrew the Forces towards 
the Pale. Now the Rebels tofled between Hope, 
Fear, and Shame, refolved to befiege the Fort^ 
and Tyrone thought his Reputation loft, if he re- 
covered it not, andfo with joint Force they com- 
pafled and aflailed the fame. Whereof the Lord 
Deputy being advertifed, with all poflible Expe- 
dition gathered the Forces, to lead them to the 
Relief of that Fort, and the Rebels hcaiing of 
his Lordfhip's Approach, quitted the Siege or the 
Fort, and retired into their Strengths. Where- 
upon the Lord Deputy marched forward, and ha- 
ving pafl!ed the Bla^kwater Fort, and purpofing 

to 



Cliap.r. (7/ IRE LAND. yt 

to enter and pafs the Place leading to Dungdnnon^ 
Tyrone's chief Houfe, he fell fuddenly fick^ and 
being carried back in his Horfe-litter to Armagh^ 
and thence to the NeiVry^ died in the Wavj to the 
[reat joy of the Rebels^ dej^dted with nis fharp 
^rofecution and bold Advdntures, and to the nd 
lefs Grief of the EngUJh^ erc^bed with hope of 
good Succefs- Howfoever many of good Judg- 
ment held his Purpofe of palling to Dungannon ve- 
ry dangerous^ and altogether fruitlefs^ fihcc no 
Garrifons being planted to gain Ground, no other 
Iflue could be hoped in the beft Event^ than a 
brag of Courage in pafling to Tyrone'^ chief Seat- 
which no other Deputy had yet attempted- Ana 
as they greatly commended the Lord Deputy's 
Valour in thefe Aftions, fo they feared the In- 
gaging and Lofs of the Queen's Army, by this ot 
iome like bold Attempt. 

After his deiith. Sir Thomas Norrisy t^^i n- . 
Lord Pirefiderit of Munfter^ was under . ^^ ^^* 
the gre|t Seal of Ireland provifionally made Lord 
Jufticc of the Kingdom, (ais the Cuftom is in fuch 
fudden Chaiiges) who repaired to /)/^W/>^ andtherd 
executed his Place for one Month (as I think of 
September) and no longer, for he being fick, and 
caft down in Mind by the great Sorrow he had 
Conceived for the late. Death of his worthy Bro- 
ther, made great Suit to the Qjiden and the Lords 
in England^ to be eafed of this Burden of being 
Lord Juftice, and to have leave to retire himfelf 
to his Government of the Province of Munjier. 

And fo Jdam Loftus^ Lord Chan- ^ . t • . 
ccUor of Ireland^ and Lord Archbi- J;^J ij^"£^, 
fhop of Dublin^ and Robert Gardner^ Jufticcs. 
chief Juftice of Ireland^ by Letters out 
of England^ the thirteenth of October were! made 
Lords Jufticcs for the civil Government, and the 
Earl of Ormond with Title of Lord Lieutenant 
of the Afmy. was authorized to command in chief 

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for all martial A flPairs. Tyrone after his old Cuftom^ 
flies unto the Lord Lieutenant, with Proteftations 
of Loyalty, and complains of Wrongs, infor- 
cing his difloyal Couries, which his Lordihip ad- 
vcrtifing into Engktndy received Authority from 
thenc^ to treat with Tyrone about his Submiffion^ 
having Sir Geffery Fenton^ Secretary of Ireland^ 
joined with him for an Affiftant. Hereupon en* 
fued a meeting at Dundalk^ on the iid ot Decern'- 
ber^ where Tyrone made his moft humble Submif* 
fion in Writing, acknowledging her Majefty's 
great Mercy in giving him aind his AiTociates their 
Pardons upon former Submiilions, and upon the 
knees of his Heart (as he writes) profefled moft 
heaity Penitence for his Difloyalty^ and efpecial- 
ly his foul Relapfes thereinto, humbly befeeching 
the Lord Lieutenant to be a Means to her facred 
Majefty for his Pardon, withal making known 
his Grievances, which howfoever they could not 
juftify his Offence, yet might in fome Meafure 
quality the Heinoufnefs thereof. And ti^ thefe 
might be booked, to be fent over With nis Sub* 
miffion, moft humbly cravmg of his Lordfhip to 
grant a Truce or Ceffation of- Arms for eie[ht 
Weeks following. And further, to the End it 
might appear that his Submiflion proceeded from 
his Heart, promifing that for the Time of this 
Ceffation, there ihpuld be no Impediment given 
to her Majefly's Minilters bringing Viftuals to 
Blackwater Fort, yea, that for a poor Token of 
his humbleft Duty, he would voluntarily give to 
the Hands of the Captain forty Beeves, and fuflfcr 
the Soldiers to cut and fetch in Wood, or any 
other Provifions. For his Performance whereof 
he offered prefentlv to give Pledges to his Lord- 
fhip. ' 

The fame Day he fubfcribed the following Ar- 
ticles, propounded to him by the Lord Lieute- 
nant. Firfl:, he promifeth for him and hi* x^ffociates, 

faith- 



Chap.I. e/* IRELAND. .75 

faithfully to keep her Majcfly's Peace during the 
Ceflation. Secondly, that he will prefently recal 
all Ulfter Men fent by' him into Leinfter^ leaving 
thofe who fhould not obey his Direttions to the 
Lord Lieutenant's Difcretion. Thirdly, if any 
during the Truce ihall break into Rebellion, he 
promifeth not to aid them, fo as none depending 
on his Truce, be in the mean time taken in by 
the State without his Conient. Fourthly, he 
agreeth to a general Liberty, of buying Necefla- 
ries for his Men in the Pale, and for the Queen's 
Subjects ^ in Ulfter^ and nothing to be forceably 
taken on either Side. Fifthly, that upon pretend- 
ed Wrongs no Revenge be taken, but Reftitu- 
tion be made within ten Days after Complaint. 
Sixthly, that during the Truce he fhall have no 
Intelligence with the King of Spain^ or other fo* 
mgn Prince, but acquaint the State with any 
MefTage he Ihall receive, or Proje6t he fhall hear. 
Seventhly, that he {hall prefently draw a Book of 
his Grievances, fuch as he can prove, without 
Mention of frivolous Matters unworthy her fa- 
crcd Majefty's View. Eighthly, that he will de- 
liver into the Fort forty Beeves, and give fafe Con- 
du£t to her Majefty's Miniftcrs to vi6tual the faid 
Fort of Blackwater^ and fuffer the Soldiers to cut 
and fetch Wood on the South-jGde of Armagh^ 
and for all other Neceflaries permit them to agree 
with the Owners, fo as they come not of them- 
fclves into his Country, but have his Men with 
them in Company, Ninthly, that any Prey be- 
ing tracked into his Country, he ihall make Re- 
ftitution, and deliver the THievcs to be executed, 
and if any be ftopped from following his Track 
the Stopper fhall anfwer the Goods fo tracked 5 
which Courfe the Lord Lieutenant promifed like- 
wife to hold towards him and his Aflbciates. 

The Twenty fourth of December^ "Tyrone adver- 
tifedthe Lord Lieutenant, that he fcrved the Fort 

D 3 with 



54 MqrysonV H'tflory BookL 

with forty Beeves, but the Captain had refiifcd terf 
pf them, wherein his Difcretion was taxed by the 
Lord Lieutenant, fince they were of voluntary 
Gift. Yet Tyrone promifed %o fend ten other of 
%\it beft he had in lieu of them. 

The eighteenth of 7^?^r«^ry, Brian Oge Orwarke 
(commonly called 6 Rorke) Lord of Leitrim (com- 
monly called ^ Rorke's Country) fubmitted himfelf 
in a great Afiembly on his Knees to her Majefty, 
before Sir Conyers Clifford Governor of ContMughf^ 
fubfcribing further to thefe Articles : Firft, That 
he and bis Followers promifed in all humblenefs to 
perform all Duties to ner Majcfty as becometh good 
Subje6ts. Secondly, that he will receive her Ma^- 
jefty*s Sheriffs, ana yield them all due Obedience. 
Thirdly, That he will pay to her Majefty her Comr 
pofitionorRent, and yield to her Highnefs al Ser- 
vices, according to his new Patent to be gn^l^. 
Fourthly, That he fliall fend out pf his Country all 
Strangers to their own dwelling Places. Fifthly, 
That he will apprehend all Rebels, Thieves or Ma- 
lefadors coming int;o his Country, fending them 
and their Qoods to the Governor. Sixthly, That 
he will deliver Pledges for his Sept (or Family) ^ly} 
the chief Septs with him, within twenty Days. 
Hereof Sir Conyers Clifford advertifed the Lords 
Juftices, praying that in regard of the Strength 
^nd Faftnefs of o Rorke' s Country, he might not be 
difcontented wit:h havingBeevcs taken from him for 
Relief of the Army without Payment of ready 
Money for them, fince that Courfe had already 
grieved all the Submitties. Further, he ihewed 
that the Country of 6 Rorke was moft neceflTary to 
be defended > for howfoever it was held by Sir Ri- 
chard Bingham the lafl: Governor as by Conqucft 
(Vipon expelling of the above-mentioned 6Rprke\ 
yet then it was all wafte, fo as the Rebel could 
make little Ufe of it, whereas now it was 
moft repleniflied with Cattle, and therefore like to 

be 



Chap.L ^/IRELAND. yy 

"^e affaultcd by Tyrone and 6 Donnel^ incenfcd againft 
6 Rorke by Reafon of this his Submiffion ; Befides 
that, the Queen's Forces could lie no where fo fitly 
for Service as upon the Earn^ nor there be relieved 
but by 6 Rorke J nor receive Relief with his Con- 
tentment but by paying ready Money. Laftly, he 
ihewed that all the People upon the Earn^ and 
in thofe Parts, excepting Mac fFilham^ had (lib- 
mitted themfelves to her Majefty, and delivered 
Pledges for their Loyalty, being glad to live under 
her Majefty's Laws, and only terrify'd with the 
Burden of relieving the Soldiers without Payment 
for their Catties therefore he defired that two of 
the Privy-Council might be fent over to take 
Knowledge of fuch Grievances as the Submitties 
ihould prefent unto them, and to take Order for 
their Satisfa6tion. Thefe goodly Submiflions had 
all the fame IlTue as folio weth in that of the famous 
r^th-breaker Tyrone. 

Since the laft meeting of the Lord Lieutenant 
with Tyrone at Dundalk^ his Lordihip had fent over 
into England Tyrone's humble SubmifHon and the 
Book of his Grievances, and had received Autho-. 
rity from her Majqfty to make a final Conclufion 
with the Rebels, and now at another meeting in 
JOundalky on the fifteenth oi March ^ the Lord 
Lieutenant fignify'd to Tyrom^ that her Majefty by 
his humble Submiffion had been induced again tp 
receive him to Mercy, and- to give him and all the 
Inhabitants of Tyrone her gracious Pardon, upon 
Conditions following : i .That he renew his humble 
Submiffion to the Lord Lieutenant on her Majefty's 
Behalf in fome publick Place. 2. That he pro- 
inife due Obedience of a Subjcft, and not to in- 
termeddle with the Irifi^ nor his Adherents, not 
only hereafter, but now, leaving them to them- 
fdves, that they may become humble Suitors for 
their own Pardons, in which Cafe it is promifed 

D 4 them 



j^ Moryson'5 Hiftory BookL 

themalfo. 3. That he difperfe his Forces, upon' 
Receipt of his Pardon, and difmifs all Strangers, 
Irijh^ ScotSy or others. 4. That he renounce the 
Name and Title of 6 Neal. f . Not to intermed-r 
die with her Majefty's Vriaghts, (fo the Irijb call 
the bordering Lords, whom the Ulfter Tyrants 
have long claimed to be their Vaflals)* 6. That 
he build up again at his own Charges the Fort an4 
Bridge of Blackwater^ and fiirnim the Soldiers 
with V i£tuals as formerly he did. 7. That he dc* 
liver to the Lord Lieutenant the Sons of Shane & 
Neal who were her Majefty*s Prifoners, till break-* 
ing out they fell into his Hands, and were impri- 
foned by him. 8, To declare faithfully all Intelli- 
gence with Spain^ and to leave it. p. That he re- 
ceive a Sheriff for Tyrone^ as all other Counties do. 
10. That he put in his eldeft Son for Pledge, and 
at all Times come to the State being called. 1 1 .That 
he pay a Fine in Part of Satisfa£kion for his Offence, 
according to her Majefty's Pleafure. i z. That he 
aid no Rebel, nor meddle with the Inhabitants on 
the Eaft-fide of the Bann^ yetfo as he may enjoy 
^ny Lands or Leafes he hath there. 13. That he 
receive not any difloyal Perfon, but fend fuch to 
the chief Governor. 

To the firft and fccond Articles Tyrone agreeth, 
fo as time might be given for the other Lords his 
Aflbciates to affemble, that they might herein lay 
no Imputation on him. To the third he agreetK, 
craving a general PalTport for all luch Strangers. 
To the fourth heagreeth. For the fifth, he laith 
that he dcfircth nothing of the Vriaghts but fuch 
Duties as they yielded hnce his Grandfather's time. 
To the lixth he agreeth. The feventh he refufcth, 
bccaufe he had not thofe Prifoners from the State. 
To the eighth he agreeth . To the ninth he agreeth, 
according to the Statute appointing a Gentleman 
of the Country to be chofen, yet craving Forbear- 
ance 



ancc for a finaU time. The tenth he refufes, for the 
Pledges (in particular). For th(5 eleventh he a^- 
greeth to a Fine of five hundred Cows 5 yet pray- 
ing the Lord Lieutenant to be a Means to her Ma- 
jefty for the Remittal thereof. To the twelfth he 
agreeth. To the laft he agreeth,^ provided that he 
would deliver no Man to the State who came to him 
for Caufe of Confcience. Finally, in regard S DoH'^ 
nel and ofher of ^yron^-s Aflbciates did not then 
appear, and in that refpeft the Lord Lieutenant 
had been pleafed to grant him further Day till the 
tenth of jipril following, he promifed upon his 
Credit and Honour, and by his Hand- writing, that 
in cafe they or any of them fhould not then appear 
and fubmit thcmldves, yet he at that time would 
make his fubmiffion, and humbly crave and receive 
her Maiefty's gracious Pardon, and go thorough 
vrith all things requifite for a perfe£b Conclufion, 
and to deliver in two Pledges of his Faith, to be 
chofen out of a fchedule prefented to the Lord 
Lieutenant, the fame to be changed according to 
the Agreement, and if the Mores and Connors^ for 
whom he had obtained Proteftion, fhould violate 
this Peace, tha.t he would no Way give Aid orAf- 
fiftancc to them. Hereupon at the Inftance of the 
Lord Lieutenant, the Lords Juftices caufed Tyrone^ 
Pardon to be drawn, and fealed with the great Seal 
of Ireland bearing Date the eleventh of ^pril^ in 
the fortieth Year of her Majefty's Reign, 
and of our Lord the Year i f p8 . -Anno tf^Z^ 

Tyrone received his general Pardon, but 
continuing ftill his difloyal Courfes, never 
pleaded the fame, fo as upon his above-mentioned 
Indiftment, in September ifpf, you fhall find hin^ 
after outlawed, in the Year 1 5oo . 

The Irijh Kerne were at the firft rude Soldiers, 
fo as two or three of them were employed to dif- 
charge one Piece, and hitherto they have fubfifted 
?f][)ecially by treacherous Ten4ers of Submiflion, 

but 



y8 Moryson'^ Hifiory Bookl. 

but now thev were grown ready in managing their 
Pieces, and oold to skirmiih in Bogs and woody 
Paflages ; yea, this Year and the next following 
became fo difafterous to the EngUfi^ and fucceisfiil 
in Aftion to the Irijby as they fhaked the EngUJb 
Goyemment in this Kingdom, till it tottered, and 
wanted little of fatal Ruin. Tyrone wanted not 
Pretences to fhiftrate this late Treaty, and to ic^ 
turn to his former Difloyalty, and the Defe&ionof 
all other Submitties depending on him followed his 
Revolt. 

Firft he fent Aid to Pbelim Msc Feagb^ chief of 
XhcoBhrns^ the Son of Feogb Mac Hugb^ (killed in 
Sir fFittiam Ruffirs time), to the End he might 
make the War in Ltinfter againft the EngUjb : And 
becaufe the Englijb Fort of Blackmater was a great 
£ye?-fbre to him, lying on the chief Paflage into 
his Country, he aflembled all his Forces and aflault* 
ed the fame % but Captain TboMMS ff^UiamSy with 
his Company under him fo valiantly rcpdled the 
great Multitudes of the Aflailants, with daughter 
of many and the moft hardy, attempting to icale 
the Fort, (which was only a deep trench or Wall 
of earth, to lodge fome one hundred Soldiers), aa 
they utterly difcouraged from aflailing it, refolved 
to befiege it afar off, and knowing they wanted 
Vi&uals, prefumed to get it by Famine. 

This Captain and his few Warders, did with no 
lefs Courage fu£fer hunger, and having eaten the 
few Horfes they had, lived upon Herbs growing 
in the Ditches and Walls, fufiering all Extremities, 
till the Lord Lieutenant in the Month of Augufi 
fent Sir Htnrj Bagnol^ Marflial of Irtland^ wiu 
the moft choice Companies of Foot and Horfe 
Troops of the Englifi Army, to vi£bual this Fort, 
and to raife the Rebeb Siege. When the EngUJb 
entered the Pace and thick Woods beyond jfrmagb^ 
on the Eafl-iide, Tyrone (with all the Rd>els For-? 
(cs aflemblcd to him) pricked forward wi(h Rage 

of 



chap* L <?/ I R E L AN D. ^p 

of Envy and fettled Rancour againft the MarfhaU 
aifailed the ^ngUJb^ and turmng his full Force againft 
the MarfhaPs Perfon, had the Succefs to kill him, 
valiantly fighting among the thickeft of the Re- 
bels : Whereupon thtRngUJb being difmay'd with 
his Death, the Rebels obtained a great Vi6tory zr 
gainft them 5 I term it great, fince the lingHJh from 
their firft Arrival in that Kingdom never had re- 
ceived fo great anOvcrthro w as this com- 
monly caUed, rhe Defeat of Black- J^^^/f^ 
water j thirteen valiant Captains and fif-. ^^^^ 
tecq hundred common Soldiers, (whereof ' 
many were of the old Companies which had ferv'd 
in Britanny under General Norris) were flain in 
the Field. The yielding of the Fort of Blackwa^ 
ter followed this Difafter, when the alfaulted Guard 
faw no Hope of Relief j but efpecially upon Mef» 
fages fent to Captain JVilliams fron^ pur broken 
Forces retired to jlrmagh^ profeffing that all their 
Safety depended upon his yielding the Fort into the 
Hands of "Tyrone^ without which Danger Captaiij 
iFfliiams profefled that no Want qr Mifery fliould 
have induced him thereunto. 

Shortly after Sir Richard Bingham (above-menti- 
oned) late* Governor of Connaught^ and unwor- 
thily difgraced, was fent over tofijcceedSir/&»rjr 
Bagnolmt\it Marihalfhip of that Kingdom. 

Bvthis Victory, the Rebels got plenty of Arms 
and V idtuals, 7)r^»^ was among the Irijh celebrated 
as the Deliverer of his Country from Thraldom, 
and the combined Traitors on all fides were puffed 
up with intolerable Pride. All Uljler was in Arms, 
all Conmugbt revolted, and the Rebels of Leinjier 
fw^rmed in the Englijb Pale, while the Englijh lay 
in their Garrifons, fo far from afTailing the Rebels, 
as they rather lived in continual fear to be furprifed 
by them. 

After 



6x> MoKY soif s Hiftory Bookl. 

After the laft Year's Naval Expedition out of 
Englafklinto the Iflands^ certain old Companies of 
one thoufafld and fifty Foot, drawn out of the Low 
Countries, were appointed to Winter in the fFeft 
Parts of Englandy To thefe, nine hundred and fif- 
ty new Men were added this Summer, and the Com* 
mand of thefe two thoufand Foot, and of ono 
hundred Horfe, was given to Sir Samuel Bagnolj 
who was appointed to go with them to Lougbfoyk^ 
in the North of Ireland i but after the defi^t cw 
Blackwatefy they were countermanded to go into 
JLeinfier^ to ftrengthep (he Qjjcen's Forces in tlic 
Heart of the Kingdom. 

The Old Companies. 

Sir Samuel Bagnoly Colonel - ^ ifoV 

Cziptunjohnjeph/on - - - loo 

Cz^taixajofias Bedley - - - - loo 

Cz'ptadnjohn Sidney - - - ^ loo 

Czptzin Foulke Conway - - - loor 

Captain Nicholas Pynner - •» loo ^loyo Fi>9f^ 

Czpt^n Edward Blaney - - - lOO 

CzptzinTobey Caulfield - - - lOo 

Cziptzin jfufiin Heath - - - - loo 

Captain Owen Jewder - - - i oo^ 

To thefe were added new Men, part- 
ly under old Captains, as Captain Fran-i 
cisRoe, Cz^tunCharles Egerton^ Cap-^ Pfo./w/, 
tain Ralph Bingley, and partly under' 
new Captains ------- 

Befides, Sir Samuel Bignol the Co-V 
lonel had the Command of a Troop of> loo fforfi. 
Horfe new raifed ------ ^ 

After the defeat of Blackwater, Tyrone fent Ot^ 
macRory a More^ and one Captain Tyrel (of Eng'- 
tijh Race, but a bold and unnatural Enemy to his 

Country, 



Chap.I. o/IREtAND. 6t 

Country, and the Englijby to trouble the Province 

of Munfter. Agamft whom Sir l^omas Norris^ 

Lord-Prefident oppofedhimfelf: But asfoonashe 

upon neceflarjr Occafions had with-drawn his 

Forces to Cork^ many of the Munfter 

Men now firft about ORober^ ifpS, Annoi/fa. 

broke into Rebellion, and joined them- 

felves with Tyrone^s faid Force^, fpoiled the Coun* 

Sir,' burnt the Villages, and pulPd down the 
oufes and Caftles of the Englifb^ againfl: whom 
(efpecially the Female Sex) they committed all abo-^ 
minable Outrages^ And now they raifed James 
Fitztbomas a Geraldine to be Earl of Defmond^ 
(which Title had fince the Wars of Defmond be- 
ing fupprefled,) with Condition, that (forfooth) 
he fhould be Vaflal to & Neal The Munfter Rebel- 
lion broke out like a lightning, for in one Month's 
Space, almoft all the Irifls were in rebellious Arms, 
and the Englift^ were murthered, or ftripped and 
banifhed . Thus having inflamed Munfter with the 
Fire of Rebellion, and leaving this Sedition to be 
cherifhed and increafed by this new Earl of Dep' 
mond^ and other Rebels of that Province, the £//- 
fter Forces returned back to Tyrone : The Infe£bion 
which Munfter Men have drawn from the corrupt- 
ed Parts in Rebellion, did more and more fpread it-* 
felf, fo as the old Pra&ices long held by the Arch- 
Traitor Tyrone to induce them to a revolt, now folly 
attained their wiflied EflFc£k. To the working 
whereof in the Hearts of the Seditious, there 
wanted not many flrong Motives, as the hatred 
which theG^r^/^i»^jbeartothofe Engliflf Underta- 
kers (of whom I formerly fpoke, in Definond*sW^^ 
which poflcfled their Anceftors Lands 5 alfo the 
Encouragement they receivedby the good Succcfs 
of the Rebels, and no lefs the hope of Pardon upon 
the worft Event. And to fpeak Truth, Munfter 
Undertakers above-mentioned, were in great Part 
Caufe of this Defe£kion, and of their own fatal 

Miferies. 



6t MoRYSok'i Hifiory BookL 

Miferics. For whereas they ihould have built 
Caftles, and brought over Colonies of EngUJb^ztA 
have admitted no Irijh Tenant^ but only Engli/b^ 
thefe and like Covenants were in no Part performed 
by them. Of whom the Men of belt Quality ne- 
vcrtramfe over^ but made Profit of the Land| o- 
thers brought no more Englijh than their own Fami-* 
lies^ and sul entertained Irijb Servants and Tenants^ 
wliich were now the firft to betray them. IPthc 
Covenants had been kept by them, they of them- 
felves might have made two thoufand able Men^ 
whereas the Lord-Prelident could not find above 
two hundred oi Englijh birth among them^when the 
Rebels firft entered the Province. Neither did thefe 
jentle Undertakers make any Refiftance to the Re- 
bels, but left their Dwellings, and fled to walled 
Towns; yea, when there was fuch danger in 
Flight, as greater could not have been in defending 
their own, whereof many of them had wofulEx* 
perience, bdng furprifcd with their Wives and 
Children in Flight. Among the Munftet Rebels 
were the Vifcount ikfo»»/g;^rr^/, the Earl of Oh 
fnon^iTs near Kinfman, and the Baron of Cahiry a 
Butler^ and of the EarPs Kindred. Both thefe 

f)retcnded their Difcontent and Malice againli the 
aid Earl, tor Caufe of their Revolt. But more 
dangerous Caufes were fufpefbed, and except a 
Royal Force were quickly oppofcd to the Rebels 
bold Attempts, a general Revolt was feared. 

May you hold laughter, or will you think that 
Carthage ever bred mch a diflembling fasdifragous 
Wretch as Tyrone^ when you fhall read, that even 
in the midft of all thefe jgaiboyles, and whilftin 
his Letters to the King of «y^/», he magnified hit 
Vidories, befecching him not to believe that he 
would feek or take any Conditions of Peace, and 
vowing conftantly to keep his Faith plighted to 
that King, yet moft impudently he ceafed not to 
entertain the Lord Lieutenant, by Letters andMef-' 

fages. 



Chapel, of IRELAND. 6^ 

iages, with offers of Submiffion. This he did, 
butnotfofubmiffively as before, for now the Gen- 
tleman was grown higher in thclnftcp, as appear- 
ed by the Infolent Conditions he required. 

Ireland being in this turbulent State^ many 
thought it could not be reftored but by « , ^^^ 
the powerful Hand of Robert Earl of £d.LiS£ 
Ejffex. This noble Lord had from his nant* 
Youth put himfelf into military A£ti*- 
onsof greateft Moment, fo far as the Place he held 
in Court would permit, and had of late Years won 
much honour in fome Services by Sea and Land, 
fo as he had full Poflefllon of a Superin*^ 
tendency over all martial Affairs, and for his 
noble worth was generally loved, and followed by 
the Nobility and Gentry. In which Refpe^ks the 
Queen knew him fit for this Service. He had long 
been a dear Favourite to the Qyeen, but had of late 
kin fo open to his Enemies, as he had given them 
Power to make his imbracing of Military Coutfes- 
and his popular dftimation lo much fufpe&ed ot 
hisSovereign,as his greatnefs was now judged to de- 
vend as much on her Majefty*sFear of him, as her 
Love to him. And in this Refpeft he might feem 
to the Queen moft unfit for this Service . But fure- 
ly the Earl was perfwaded, that his Honour could 
not ftand without embracing this A6tion 5 and fincc 
heaffeftedit, no Man durft be his Rival. Befides 
that, his Enemies gladly put forward this his De-v 
fign, that they might have him at more Advantage 
by his Abfence from Court. Finally, the Vulgar 
gave ominous Acclamations to his Enterprife, but 
the wifer Sort, rather wilhed than hoped Happy 
Effefts, either to his private or the Publick Gooci, 
in Regard of the powerful Enemies he left in Court, 
(whence all Seconds were to come to him,) and of 
his own diftrafted Ends (though inclined to the 
Publick Good, yet perhaps, in aiming at the fpeedy 
End of this War, and fome other particulars, not 
fully concurring with the fame.)' The 



^4 



MoRYsoN'i Hiftory Bookfc 



The Earl of ^Jfex^ when he firft purpofed ta. 
entertain the managing of the Irijh Wars, advifed 
and obtained, that two Regiments of old Soldiers 
ihould be tranfported out of the Low-Countries 
into that Kingdom : namely,- 



The firfi Regiment. 

Sir Charles Pearcy^ Colonel - - 
Captain Richard Moryfon^ Lieu-*^ 

tenant Colonel - - 
Sir Oliver Lamhart - 
Captain Henry Mafierfon 
Captain Randal Bret - 
Captain William Turret 
Captain Turner - - 



- I 



zoo' 

IfO 

IfO 

100 



The fecond Regiment. 



2r00 



Sir Henry Dockwra^ Colonel (and! 

Condu&or of all) - - - j 

Captain John Chamberlain^ Lieu-1 

tenant Colonel - - - - J ioro J^^ / 

Czft^n Edmond Morgan - - - ifoT^^ • 

•Cziptsiin Edward Michelburn — - ifo 

C^pt^in Walter Floyd -' - - - ifo 

Captain Garret Harvy - • - ij-o 

Thefe Regiments landed in Ireland before the 
EarPs coming over, and were then difperfed by the 
Earl into divers Regiments of new Men, to fea- 
fon them, and to replenifh them with fufficient 
Officers. 

The Earl's Patent was granted with Title of 
Lord Lieutenant, and with more ample Authority, 
than many other Lord Deputies had formerly grant- 
ed them : For whereas others had Power to pardon 
all Treafons, Felonies, and all Offences, except 
fuch Treafons as touched her Majefty's Pcifon, 

her 



.Chap.I. ^IRELAND. ^s 

Iker Heirs, iSc. and the counterfeiting of Monef. 
This Exception was by the Earl's Importumty 
kft out, which he extorted with wife Providence, 
;iince the Lawyers held all Treafons to toucl;i the 
Prince's Perfon. And whereas other Lord Depu- 
ties had Power to beftow all Offices excepting the 
chief referved to the Queen's Gift, his ^Lordihip 
had Power to beftow fame of the chiefeft, and to 
remove all Officers not folding by Patent, and to 
fufpend fuch as held by Patent. Befides his Lord* 
ihip had Power in many things, which never had 
been foimerly given to any 5 as to make martial 
Laws (he* being Lord Marshal of England^ and 
to punifh the TranfgrefTors. And to let the Lands 
of Tyrone^ and other Rebels named, to any Per- 
fons whatfoever, and to their Heirs Males, refer- 
viirg due Rents to her Majefty. To command the 
Ship$ already fcnt, and to be lent into Ireland^ ex- 
cept the Lord Admiral were fent forth to Sea, and 
Commandment were given of joining the faid 
Ships to his Fleet. . And laftly, to iffue the Trea- 
fure according to the two eftablilhments, with 
Liberty to alter that which was figned by the 
Lords in jE»^to»i, with the Advice and Confent o£ 
the Council of Ireland^ fo as he exceeded not the 
Sum of the Eftabliihments. He had an Army 
affigned him,, as great as himfelf required, and fuca 
for Number and Strength, as Inland had never 
yet feen. 

The Eftabliihmcnt was figned by the f^jw ca^ 
•Queen the Z4th of Miirchj being the laft bK(hmcnt* 
Day (after the Ef^UJb Account; of the 
Year if 98. It contained : firft, the Pay of the 
chief Officers in the Army : the Lord Lieutentot 
General 10/. a day 5 the Lieutenant of the Army 
5/. aday> the General of the Horfe 2 /• a day 1 thic 
Marftal c^ the Camp i /. 105. a day 3 the Serjeant 
Major I /. acky^ theLieatenantof the Horfe i /. 
Aday^ ifae <j^wtextnafter I A a day; the Judge 

V o L. L E Marihal 



^6 MorVson'^ Hifiory BookL 

Marihal i /. a day j the Auditor General i } j. 4^/. 
' ;a day 5 the Comptroler General of the Viftuals i o j.a 
days the Lieutenant of the Ordnaiice loj. a dayj 
the Surveyor 6 X. 8 d. two Clerks of Munitions each 
j- J. a day > four Corporals of the Field 6 s. Sd.'z 
day a-piece > one Conuniflary of Viftuals 8 s. and 
three other, each 6 s. a day j the Carriage-Mafter 
6s. Sd. a day 5 and twenty Colonels, each 105. a 
day > whereof the total in the Year amounts to 
13117/. 16 X. 8^. 

It contained fuither thePay of thirteen hundred 
•Horfe, divided into fix and twenty Bands, «ch 
•Band having a Captain at 45. a' days a Lieutenant 
-at ts. 6d. adayj aCornetatix. a dayj and fifty 
Horfemen, each at is. 3 ^. a day 5 whereof the 
total in the Year amounts to 31408/. fs. 

It contained further the Pay of fifteen thoufand 
Footmen, diftributed into one hundred and fixty 
Bands, each Band having a Captain at 4^. a day, 
a Lieutenant at ix. a day, an Enfign is. 6d. a day, 
two Sergeants, a Drum, and a Surjeon, each at ix. 
a day, and ninety four Soldiers, and fix dead Pays (al- 
lowed to the Captain) at 8 d. each by the day j where- 
of the total in theYear amounts to 218 246 /. i ; . ^4 ^. 

Laftly, It contained an extraordinary Supply of 
6000 /. to be allov/ed by Concordatum, for Spies, 
Guides, Meflengers, Barks hiring, keeping of 
Prifoners, Buildings, Reparations, Rewards, and 
like Charges 5 the total of the Eftabliftiment by 
the Year amounts to 277782 /. i f j. 

Befides her Majelty.was at great Charge for 
many things not contained in the Eftablifliment as 
followeth. Firft, for Officers general j the Lord 
Lieutenant for his ordinary Entertainment by the 
Year, 1 500 /. his Lordihip'sBand of Horfe by the 
Year, i f 1 5 I. zs. 6 d. his Lordfhip's fifty Footmen 
by the Year, 608 /. 6 s. 8 d. (both thefe Bands of 
HDrfe and Foot being not of the Army, I take to 
be allowed him for his FoUow«r$,and theServauts in 

his 



Chap*!. 0/ IRELAND- 67 

his Family, befides his Company of Horfe and 
Foot in the Army>) the Trcafurer at Wars by the 
Ycarj ^58/. i^s. theMarfhalof theArmybythe 
Year, 104/, lis. gd. the Mafter of the Ordnance 
for himlelf by the Year, 4fo/. 3 j. ^d. and fbi: 
Clerks, Gunners, ahd Minifters of the Ordnance 
by the Year, 45'p/. ^s. 10 d. the Mufter-mafter 
[cneral bv the' Year, lop/. ijs. 6d. Secondly, 
or chiet Officers newly cre£ked. The Cover* 
nor of Loughfoykj by the Year, 3(Jf /. the Gover- 
nor of Carrickfergus by the Year, i%lL 10 s. the 
Governor of Dundalk as' much j the Commander 
of the Fordes at Rathdrum and PFicklow a$ much % 
the Commander of the Forces in Ofhaly as much i 
the Commander of the Fdrccfs at Cavan as 
much.. 

Thefe Payments being made in Sterling Money,' 
do amount to 6fpo/. ip s. yd. 

Obferve that all thefe abovcnamed Officers (ex* 
cepting the Mufter-mafter) as alfo the Lieutenant 
of the Army, the General of the Horfe, the Ser- 
jeant-Major, and likewife the Governors of Pro- 
vinces and Garrifons, have all befidc their Fees, 
the Command of a Band of Horfe, or of Foot^ 
or of both. Thirdly, For Officers in the Four* 
Courts J and certam i?atentees .• In the Exchequer^ 
the Earl of Ormond^ Lord Treafurer of Ireland^ 
hath for his Fee, 40 /. the Treafurer at Wars, 
661. 13 J. 4^. the chief Baron, 71 /. 10 s. and iq^ 
Augmentation, 88 /. ijs. sd. the Chancellor, 14/. 
the fecond Baron, 34/. the Auditor General, zoo /• 
the Surveyor General, 80 /. the Remembrancer, 
40/. the Serjeant at La^j> 17^- 6 s. Sd. the At- 
torney General, 14,91.6 s.od. the Solicitor, 14P L 
6 s. Sd. the Efcheator, 61. 13/. 4 i. the fecond 
Remembrancer, 10 /. 10 s. the chief Ingroflcr, 14/. 
the fecond Ingroflcr, p /. 6s.Sd. the chief Cham- 
berlain, i^L 6s. 9d. the fecond Chamberlain, 

61. 1 3 J. 41/, the Clerk of the Firft-Fruits, w/. 



6i NibRYsoN's Htftory Book I. 

the Keeper oF the Records, 1 5 /. 6 j.8 . i. the Uflicr 
of the Court, 5 /. 6 s. Sd. the Clerk of the Com- 
mon Pleas J }/. 6 s. Sd. the Tranfcriptor tl. ijj. 
41/. the Deputy Auditor, 11/. the Vice-treafurer*s 
Deputy It /. The Somonitor, f I, 6 s. S d. the 
Marfhal of the Cotirc, f /. 6S. 8 ^. a Meflcnger, 
zl. 41. fd. Farthing J t wo Purfuivants, each 1 8 /. 
y s. Fee ', in the King's Bertcb^ the chief Juftice, 
400 /. the fecond Juftice, 13}/. 6 s. % d. the Clerk 
of the Crown, ip/. 

Inthc Common Pleas, the chief Juftice 67 /. loj. 
and in Augmentation, 08 /. ijs. s>d. ^. the (econd 
Juftice, 40 /. and in Augmentation, 20 /. the Pro- 
tonotor, 10/. In the Cbancery. The Lord Chan* 
cellor, 41 f/. 6 s. Sd. the Mafter of the Rolls, 
co/. and in Augmentation, 88/. 17 s. $d. two 
Minifters, each vjL 155. 4^. the Clerk of the 
.Crown, 61. 15 J. 4^. and in Augmentation, 26/. 
13^^. 4^. the. Clei-k of theHannapcr, 14/. divers 
iQfficers in the Star-chamber, f6/. 13^. 4^. divers 
Minifters of the Ordnance holding bv Patent, 
ijf /. 13J. ^d. Farthing J the Conftabie of the 
Caftle of Dublin and his Warders, with divers 
other Conftables and Porters, 3}f/. ijx. zd. 
Farthing. 

For Officers of the State j the Secretary 106/. 
1 3 s. j\.d. the Clerk of the Council 6tl. ix s. 4^. 
the Surveyor of the Viftiials, 143/. 6 s. od. the 
King at Arms, 3f/. 6 s, B d. the Serjeant at Arms, 
18/. zs. zd. 32[. the Purfuivant at Arms, i^l.6s. 
^ d. the Irijh Interpreter, 27/. js* 6d. Officers 
?ibout the Cuftom, 40 /. For Creatioti Money to 
Noblemen 5 the Earl of Or«;^»^^ 30/. the Earl of 
Kildarej zol. the Earl of Clamickardy 40 1, the 
Earl of 7%omondj zol. the Baron of Kahefy if I. 
Divers Annates and Procurations, 2pp/. ips.^d. f. 
for Parchment, Paper, Ink, Bags, t^c. in the 
Exchequer y King's Bench^ zskd Common Plea f^^ 2^2/. 
10/. Sd. for other Payments by Warrttnt, 226 A 

zs.^d. 



Chap.L (?/' IRELAND- ^^ 

zs. 4.d. Ina^^e County of fFexford^ the Juftice 
of the Liberties, zoL the Seoefghal^ zfhxhc 
Receiver, zol. the Marihal i /. 

The total of thefe being paid in Irijh j^^o.ney, is, 
46 If/. IJJ. J. whiqh reduced to iS/^r//;?^ Money, 
makes 3461/. i^s. i>d. 

Fourthly, For Officers in Lemfier 5 the I-icute- 
nant of the ^ueen's-County, izil. i^s. 4^. the 
Provoft Marfhal of the Army, 77 /. 11 s. 3 d. the* 
Provoft Marflial of Leinfter^ lozl. i^s. id. j. 
thefe paid in ^y/^r/i^g Money, amount to 301/. i<S^. 
Sd. |. 

Fifthly, For Officers in Munjter^ the Lord Pre-^ 
TGdent, 130/. 6s,^d, his Piet with the Council 
allowed at his Table, fio/, his Retinue of twenty 
Foot, with the Officers, and of thirty Horfe, 
80 3 /. the chief Juftice 1 00 /. the fecond Juftice, 
661. 1 3 V. 4 J. the Queen's Attorney, I?/. (J J. 8^1 
the Clerk of the Council, 10 /. the Clerk of the 
Crown, zol. the Serjeant at Arms, zol. the Pro-, 
voft Marshal 2jrf /. 10 s. the total being paid in 
Sterling iAoTLty J isipfi/. 16 s. ^d. 

SixUily, For Officers in Connaught 5 the chief 
Commiflioner (or Governor) 1 00 /. his Diet with 
the Council at his Table, iSz/. 10 s. an Allow- 
ance to himfclf, 40/. theTuftice 100 /. the Queen's 
Attorney, zol. the ClerK of the Crown, zol. x\ii 
Clerk of the Council, zo I. the Serjeant m Arms, 
zol. the Provoft Marfhal, z<S4/. i%s. 6d. an In- 
creafe of Pay to the prefent chief Commiffioner, 
zSzl. 10 s. 

The total being paid in Sterling Money, is 949 /. 
izs. 6d. 

a 

Seventhly, Certain Bands of Lrijb Kerne, 5*79 /. 
Ss. 9d. 

Eighthly, For Warders in fevcnd Province^ 
3^77/. zd.^. 

Ninthly, For CommifTaries of Mufters, f77^. 
18 X, 4^. 

E 5 • Tcnthly, 



i 



yp MoRYson'5 Hijiory BookL 

Tjfithly, Penfioners of all 3orts, as well record- 
ed in the Office of Mufters, as thofe holding by Pa^* 
tent, and recorded with the Auditor, fome holding 
^r Term of Years^ fome during Life, fome during 
good^Behaviour, (ome during Pleafure, ^^.pf.pd. 

Laftly, Almfmen, 88/. ipj. 4^. |. 

The total of the above-named Charge not con-» 
tained in the Eftablifhment, is zi }z8/. Ss. -yd. \. 

Add to this the Eftablimment, z'jj'j^zL if s^ 

The total of the yearly Charge, is 1991 1 17. 3 x. 

To which if you add the gre^t Charge of aU 
Sortis of Munitions, with the like extraordinary 
Expences, and do dfo confider that the thirteeii 
hundred Horfe, and fixteen thoufand Foot, by new 
Supplies wfere made fully t\i<renty thoufaqd^ th? 
heavy Burden of this Year's War in Ireland will 
fippear. 

The Earl of Ejj^ex had in fpecial Charge from 
thd Queen, to bend all his Forces againft the chic^ 
Traitor Tyrone^ (and the VTfier Rebels his Qoxi" 
federapes,) and withal to plant Garrifons at 
fjQUghfoyle and Ballyjhannon^ to the End they niigh( 
at the fame time aflail him (and them) at the Back 
(both which Courfes hisLordfhip had in all Coun- 
j:il$ perfuaded, and often taxed the €>miffions of 
them.) Thus with happy Acclamations of the 
People (who to fo worthy a General in the Head 
of {p ftrong an Army,, did ominate nothing but 
Victory and Triumphis,) yet with a Sun-fhine 
Thunder happening (as Mr. Cambdjsn notes for an 
ominous ill Token:) This noble Lord (accompa- 
pied with the Flower of the Englip Gentry, and 
condufted on his ^ay with many of the Nobi- 
lity,) took his Journey from Londot^ towards Ire' 
land^ in the End of the Month of March j and the 

Anno icflo B^g^^^^g ^^^^^ Year, if pp, and though 
«»?W^- crofTcd V^ith tempeftuous Weather, 

(wl^fre^a the Earl of Kild^re^ and fome gaUant Gen- 



Chap.I. tf/ IRELANr). 7\ 

tlcmen accompanying him in a little Bark, chofen 
of purpofc for fpeed, were unfortunately caft a- 
way,) landed within a few Days at Dublin^ where 
according to the Manner of other Governors^ lie 
received the Sword. 

Upon his Lord{hip*s Demand to be advertifj^ 
from the Council of the prefent State of that 
Kingdom, a CoUeftion thereof, debated and agreed 
upon in Council, and figned by the Counrellors* 
was prefented to his Lordfliip the feventeenth or 
Aprils being to this EfFefc. Firft, for the Province? 
of Leinfier^ in the County of Dublin all the Mount 
taineers were in aftual Rebellion, as Phalim Mac 
Feagb^ and his Brother Redmqni^ with their Sept 
(or Name) of the 6 Birns^ and Phelim Mac Feagb 
with his Sept of the 6 7'ooles^ ^^adi Walter Mac Edr 
fnond chief of the GallogUfles, with his Sept oi 
Mac Donnels > only two Caftles, NewcaftU and 
fFickloWj Sir Henry Harringtonhtld for the Qjieei^ 
and all the reft of the Country continued^oiralC 
The Rebels thereof were in Number four hundred 
eighty Foot, and twenty Horfe. In the Coy nty df 
Kildare^ James Fitz Pierce a Geraldine^ two Gerald 
dines^ bafe Brothers to the late £arl o£ Kildare^ 
foihe of the Delahides^ fome of the 6 Dempjies^ 
and fome of the Euftaces (of which Sept .. was thcf 
late Vifcount Baltinglajfe attainted), all in A£);ioa 
of Rebellion, were in Number two hundred and 
twenty Foot, and thirty Horfe j all the reft of the 
Country being wafted by the Rebels yet held for the 
Queen. In the Coimty of Catherlougb^ bein^ 
little and all wafted, the Caftles of Catherlough and 
Leighlin^ and her Majefty's Houfe of Ferns^ held 
by the Queen's Wards, and fix Caftles belonging 
to the Earl of Ormond^ held for the Queen j but 
the Cavanagbs and Keytons were in Rebellion. In 
the County of tVexford^ being wafted, all the Ca? 
ftles held for the Queen, and Sir Jlfomas Colckugb^ 
3ir Ricbard Maftarfon^ . and Sir JQudly Loftusy the 

E4 • only 



I 

72 MoRYsoN'f Hiftory Bookie 

only EngKJb there inhabiting, held for the Queen* 
But Donne I Spaniagh ($lm CavOTMgh) with ^ that 
Sept, the 6 MorrogbSy Mac Ony More^ all the Km- 
fellagheSy Dermot Mac Morricey and divers "Qthei^ 
with their Followers, were all in Rebellion, and in 
thofe two Counties the Rebels were in Niimber 
fevcn hundred and fifty Foot, and fifty Horife, In 
the County of Lea^c^ called the Queen's County, 
lately all EngUJhy now ufurped by the Rebels Omff 
Mac Rtmry b Moore ^ and all the Sept of ^ MooreSj 
and the chief of the Galloglafles in that County, 
6f the Sept of MacDonnelj the Sept of ADimpfies 
(except Sir Terence iDempff) the Sept of t^Deyms 
(except Teague Oge S Doyne)y were all in Rebellion, 
and the bafe Son of the Eairl of Kildare^ a Geralrt 
4iney lately came in upon Prote£):ion s the iUbels 
were in Number five hundred fevcnty Foot, and 
thirty Horfe : Mr. Hartpoky Mr. Bowen^ and Mr. 
Pyiaty were the only Englijh Inhabitants by whom, 
{tna fome others, certain Caftles were kept for the 
Queen, bcfides the Fort of Maryborough kept by 
the Queen's Garrifon. In the County oi OpbaUe^ 
called (of PbilHp King of England^ the King's 
County, lately Englijh^ the Fort of Pbillipfiown 
was kept by an Englijh Garrifon j Sir George Colky^ 
Sir Henry Warren^ Mr. John Moore^ and Mr. PbiU 
tipSy held their Caftles for the Queen > the ref]^ of 
t^c Caftles were kept by the Sept of the i Connors^ 
then Rebels, and all the Land was wafted, the 
Sept of the 6 Mollyes and d Donners were likewife in 
rebellion^ and they were all in Number four hunt 
drcd fixty and eight Foot, and twelve Horfe. In 
the County of Kilkenny^ the Vifcount of MoufU- 
garret J a Butler ^ of the Earl of Ormondes Family, 
and Son-in-Law to Tyrone^ was in rebellion, with 
hp brethren, and with fome of his Sons, and with 
his Followers, being in Number one hundred and 
thirty Foot, and twenty Horfe, and held the Caftles 
pf Balhragge and Colekil j the reft of the Oftlcs, 

and 



Chap.l ij/" IRELAND. 73 

and the whole County, were held by the Earl of 
Ormond for the Queen, In the County of Meatb^ 
the Son and Heir of Sir tVillidm Niigent was in rc^- 
bellion, and the County, lying in the Heart of the 
Pale, was greatly wafted by the Ulfter Rebels, and 
piany Caftles lay wafte without Inhabitants, but 
no Rebels pofleiicd either Town or Caftle therein, 
in the County of Wifimeath^ lying for themoft panp 
wafte, the Omotlaughlines^ and the M. gogbegitHs^ 
many of the Nugents^ and the Geraldines were in 
rebellion, being in Number one hundred and forty 
Foot, and twenty Horfej befides Captain ^yrel 
(a Rebel of Englljh Race), who had of Ulfter Men 
and other Strangers two hundred Foot. In the 
County of Lowth^ Sir Edward Moore and Sir Frau'-. 
as StaffordvftvtthoovXy Englift) Houfe- keepers, all 
the Lands were wafted by the Ulfter Rebels 5 but 
the Lord of jL^w/i&, an JE»g/i^-/ri;& Baron, and all 
f he Towns and Caftles ftood firm for the Queen, 
in the County of Longford^ all the 6 Farreh were 
in rebellion excejpt two chief Men of that Family^ 
and the Caftle or Longford was held by an Englijb 
Ward, and the Rebejs were in Number one huu'* 
dred and twenty Foot. The whole Number of the 
ilebels in this rrovince of Lemfter was three thou- 
fand forty and eight Foot, and one hundred eighty 
fwo Hone. 

Secondly, for the Province of Ulfter (condoling 
all of Iri/h Septs, except the Scots pofleiling the 
Rowt and Glianes% thole of LecaUj iand the little 
^rdesy held for the Queen, but overawed by fyr^w 
were forced to give Way to him to tyrannize in 
their Countries. Dundalk^ the frontier Town be- 
tween the Pale and Ulfter^ and Knockfergus (or Car^ 
rickfergus\ a frontier To^yn towards i$'^(?//<aW, were 
kept by Englifb Garrifons, as likcwift the Newry^ 
Carlingfordj Green Caftle^ and Narrow-ijJater (all 
near Dundalk% and the Caftle of Ballinacargy i^ 
(he Brenny^ the reft were all in rebellion. Neal 

Brians 



^4 MoRYsoN^f Hiftory BookL 

Brian Fertough^ in the upper Clandebois^ had in 
Number dgh'ty Foot and thirty Horfe. Shane 
fnac Brian in the lower Clandeboyes , had 
eighty Foot and fifty Horfe. The Whites 
Country ipxxki^Dtcffery) had twenty Foot. Mac 
Arten and Skaght Mac 6 Neal had one hundred Foot, 
and twenty Horfe. Mac Rory^ Captain of Kihvar- 
ii^y had fixty Foot, and ten Horle. Cormack Mac 
SNealy Captain of Kilultoghj had fixty Foot, and 
ten Horfe. Hugh Mac Murtogh^ beyond the Min- 
water had forty Foot. Shane Mac Brmn Carogh^ 
upon the Ban-hdcj had fifty Foot, ten Horfe. Sir 
james Mac Surleyboy^ and his Scots^ poflefled the 
Rowt and thefcven GlynnSj had four hundred Foot, 
and one hundred Horfe. The Ifland of Magee^ bc- 
longitlg to the Earl of EJfex^ was altogether wafte. 
M^c Guire in Fermannagh had fix hundred Foot, 
one hundred Horfe.. Mac Mahown in Monaghen^ 
and Ever Mac Cooly in the Ferny ^ and others of that 
Name in Clankarvil^ had five hundred Foot, one 
hundred and fixty Horfe. The 6 ReiUfs in the Brenn 
ny (or the County of Cavan) had eight hundred 
Foot, one hundred Horfe. 6 Kain in his Country 
had five hundred Foot, two hundred Horfe. Sip 
jtrt i Neal in Sleught Art had three hundred Foot, 
fixty Horfe. Henry Oge in his Country had two 
hundred Foot, and forty Horfe. Tirlogh Mac Hen^ 
ry d Neal in the Fues^ had three hundred Foot, fixty 
Horfe. i Hdgan in his Country had one hundred 
Foot, thirty Horfe. 6 ^in in his Country eighty 
Foot, twenty Horfe. The Donologhs in their 
Country one hundred Foot, fixty Hone, Mac Can 
in Clancan one hundred Foot, twelve Hoife. Tyrone ^ 
the Arch-traytor, in Tyrone^ feven hundred Foot, 
two hundred Horfe. Cormock Mac Baron^ his 
Brother, in his Country had three hundred Foot, 
and fixty Horfe. Mac Gennis in Yuogh (or Mac 
Gennis Country) had two hundred Foot, forty 
Horfe. In Tyrconnel i DonneVs Country, Sir John 
i Dogherty for his Country had three hundred Foot, 

and 



V 



Chap.L ^/IRELAND. 7^. 

and forty Horfe. 6 DonnePs Son, in the Connelagbs- 
Country 5 one hundred and fifty Foot, and fifty 
Horfe. Mac Swine for his Country five hundred 
Foot, and thirty Horfe. 6 Boyle for his Country 
one hundred Foot and twenty Horfe: 6 Donnelhim" 
felf in the County of Donnegal two hundred Foot, 
fixty Horfe. 6 Gallohore for his Country (in which 
his chief Houfe is Ballijhanmn) had two hundred 
Foot, Forty Horfe. Sleught Ror iekrhisCoxxntrf 
one hundred Foot, and fifty Horfe. The Forces 
of the Rebels in Ulfter arc in all one thoufand feven 
hundred and two Horfe, and feven thoufand two 
hundred and twenty Foot. 

Thirdly, for the Province of Munjler^ in the 
County of Tmerary. The Lord Baron of Cahir a 
Butler ^ with nis Brother and Followers, had three 
hundred Foot, twelve Horfe. Edmund Fitzgibbon 
called the White Knight, (this Nickname given to 
one for his Grey Hairs, coming as hereditary to his 
Pofterity,) in his Country four hundred Foot^ 
thirty Horfe. Richard Purfel B^on o£ Loughway^ 
200 Foot fix Horfe: The 0^»/r/^»/, three hun- 
dred Foot, fix Horfe. The Omaighirs fixty Foot^ 
three Horfe. The Okennydays five hundred Foot, 
thirty Horfe. The Burkes in the Lord Burkes 
Country, two hundred Foot,* four Horic. In the 
County of Corkj James Fitz-tbomas^ the fuppo- 
fed Earl of Defimnd^ two hundred and fifty Foot, 
thirty Horfe. ThcJLord of Dowallough two hun- 
dred Foot, eight Horfe. Barry Oge^ and the Lord 
Barry\ Brother in the Muskery, one hundred 
and twenty Foot, three Horfe. Davy Burke in the 
Cdrbrye^ five hundred Foot. In the County of 
Limerick^ Pierce Lacy^ with divers Septs, had 
three hundred Foot, and fifteen Horfe. In the 
County of J^erry^ the Lord Fitz-morrice^ T^fomas 
Ogey John Delahyde^ with others, five hundred 
Foot, thirty Horfe. In the County of Defmond^ 
called Ofwyllivan Bear^ and Opwyllivan Mores Coun- 
try, Dmnod mac OUd^h (ufuiping the Name of mac 



, -^ 



y6 MoRYSOK'^ Hifiory Bookie 

jlrty More) had five hundred Foot, fix Horfe. In 
the.County of tVaterford^ the Rebels had two 
hundred Foot, and ten Horfe. In all the Rebels 
of this Province of Munfter were ftrong five thou- 
fand thirty Foot, and two hundred forty two 
Horfe. This number the Earl of Or»»<?;^^ judged 
to be the leaft, and thought the Horfe one hundred 
more in Number. Obferve, that all the Cities and 
Port-towns, and almoft all the Caftles in this Pro- 
vince of Munfter^ and many* great Lords and Gen-^ 
tlemen, held for the Queen. 
Fourthly and laftly,for the Province of Connaugbt j 
In the County of Rofcommon^ the Caftles of Rof* 
c^mm$n^ jitblone^ Tulskej Boyk^ and Ballineflow^ 
were keptatherMajefty's Charge, and the Rebels 
of divers Septs had five hundred Foot, fixty Horfe. 
In the County of SUgOy 6 Connor Sligo^ and divers 
Septs of Repels, had three hundred Foot, and 
thirty Horfe, and only the Caftle of Calony held for 
the Quecn.Ofw^r*^ inZ^//ri>jr(called 6 Rorke*sCo\xxx* 
try) had fix hundred Foot, fixty Horfe, and not 
aniy Caftle was kept for the Queen . In the County 
olF Mayo^ foipe three Caftles lately held for the 
Queen, but were thought to be rendred up to 
fdtic William^ who with his Followers had fix nun- 
4rcd Foot, fixty Horfe . |n the County of Galway^ 
the Town of Galh;(iy^ of Athenrei^ and the Caftle 
pf Mikch^ held for the Queen, but many Septs of 
the Country were iftRebdlion, who had fome four 
hundred ninety Foot. In the County of Clare ^ the 
Jlrarl of 7%omoni'% Brother (who firft was upon Suf- 
picion committed to Prifonby the faid Earl, and 
^fter releafed,) with the i Brians^ and tnac Mares j 
and other Septs, bad fix hi^ndred Foot, fifty Horfe, 
and not one Caftle was there kept for the Queen. In 
fU, the Rebels of this Province of Connaught were 
ftrong three thoufand and ft venty Foot,two hundred 
and twenty Horfe. And the JRLebels in all the four 

Proviaces 



chap. I. of IRELAND. ^f 

Provinces wete llrong eighteen th oufand tWQ hun- 
dred forty fix Foot, and two thoufand three hundred 
forty fix Horfe. 

The Earl of Ejfex in the Month of Aftil dif- 
patched two Letters to the Lords in England -^ by 
the firft whereof he advertifed them of this Strength 
of the Rebels j and by thefecond, that fyrone had 
in Council refolved, firft, to hearten his Confede- 
rates, and ftrengthen them in their dependency on 
his Protefkion > then to-make two Heads againlt the 
Queen's Forces, the one in Ulfter^ of fome fix 
thoufand Horfe and Foot, under his own Com- 
mand^ and the other in Connaught of fome four 
thoufand Horfe and Foot under 6 DonneVs Com- 
mand : And further advertifed their Lordfhips, that 
many in Af»»/^r had taken a folemn Oath at a pub- 
lick Crofs in that Province, to be ftedfaft in their 
Rebellion, And that no Traitor fought Pardon, 
but ufed fuch infolent Behaviour, as mig;ht well 
flie w they had no fuch Thought. That the Minds 
of the very Subjc£i:s were io alienated from the 
EngJiJbj as well for R^igion as Government, as 
fome who could bjiftg one hundred Horfe, and 
three hundred Foot into the Field upon private 
Revenge, would proteftnot to be able to fcirvethc 
State with fix Horfe or Foot. That every adive 
Borderer had a SoUicitor with the Rebels, and 
^Imoft every one of the greatefi: in the State had 
Tome Rebel or other to his Client. Concluding, 
that fmallor no Affiftance could be^promifed fronjt 
the Irijbj fo as howfoever the Queen's Army was 
great, yet he durft .boldly fay, that the Phifter 
would do no more than cover the Wound. 

After few Days df reft, good Part: of the MngJi/b 
Forces being drawn together, thisuobleLoird Lieu- 
tenant gave Entrance to his firft A^ons, frorii 
which the Progrds comtaonly f cceivtth a Kind of 
ominous Luftre 6t Stain. And therein he at- 
tempted not the flead of the RebelKoti, ntcording 
to his own Advice in England^ and the Queen's ex- 

^reCs 



7? MoRYSON'f Hijiory Bookl. 

prefs Command, but was ioduced by fome of the 
Council in that State, aiming at their own pri- 
vate intereft, more than the Publick Good, to lead 
his Forces againft fome few Rebels in Munfter^ 
where he took the Caftle of Cahir^ belonging to 
Edward Butler^ Baron of Cahir^ and making a 
great Prey of the Rebels Cattle in thofe Parts, he 
cafl: the Terror of his Forces on the weakeft Ene- 
mies, whom he fcattered and conftrained to fly in- 
to Woods and Mountains, to hide thefnfclves. 

The fifteenth of June^ while the Lord Lieute- 
nant was yet in this Munfter Jouvnty^ he received 
Advertifement from a Captain, whom he had im- 
.ployedby Sea into the North^ to fpy out Tyrone's 
A£tions, that two. Ships lately come from Spain^ 
had put Confidence in Tyrone^ who went from Dun-* 

f annonio Lougbfoyle ^oMt that Bufinels, but they 
wrought only Munition, not any Tf eafure. That 
Tyrone had given Forces to Bryan mac Art^ Son to 
Art tnac Baron^ that he might take Pledges, and 
watch over Neal mac Bryan^ whom he fufpe6bed, 
and had charged Mac Genis to do the like over Mac 
Cartan^ alfo lufpeftcd by him, fo as there was no 
poflibility to parley with them, according to the 
lnfti*u6tions given by his Lordfhip, That Tyrone 
kept his great Pledges, Shane 6 NeaVs Sons, in an 
Ifland, within a ftrong faftnefs, but as yet had nei- 
ther gathered at home, nor received from Foreign 
Parts any Treafure. That both Tyrone and^i)(?»- 
»^/had their Agents intheoutlfles of Scotland^ to 
follicit the Refihanks to aflift them for pay. That 
the Kine of iS^^^i;^ hadpromifed them aid of Men, 
which they would not have landed in Ulfier^ but in 
fome Port of Munjier^ or at Galway in Connaugbt. 
That Scots daily carried Munition to them, which 
TraflSck might be hindred by two Gallies with 
Oars, but no Ships ufing Sails could ftop their Pal- 
fage. That the grofs of the Northern Rebels in 
Ujftcr^ and Part of , Cwnaugbt drawn together, 
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ChapJ. c/ IRELAND. 79 

would be nine thoufand Fqpt, and one thoufand 
four hundred Horfe. That they were coirfident to 
drawthcWarintofuch a length, as fliould beun- 
fupportable to the State of England. To which 
End ^Z)(?»w/ had hired a Mafs of Redfhanks, who 
were to be cefled in Connaught and Munfier^ becaufe 
Tyrone J having deadly fewd with fome of the chief 
Leaders, durlt not truft them in Ulfter. Befides 
that upon Arrival of Foreign Treafure, great Mul- 
titudes of thofc iS^o^j were like to flock unto them. 
And to the fame End Tyrone had made ftrong fail- 
neflcs or Entrenchments, as well upon the Paflagcs 
of LougbfoyJe and B^ltijhannon^ (where he left 
Forces to rcfift the Englijb Garrifons to be fent thi- 
ther,) fiszt the Blackwater^ znd Ballinemoyree^him* 
felf purpofing to meet the Englijh Army in the 
Woods of BalUnemoyree^ between Dundalk and 
the Nenvry^ where he hoped to make fome of the 
beft to drop, and after to rail back at his Pleafure to 
like Fights of Advantage, which he had prepare4 
at the Blackwater. So as the only means iuddenly 
to break thofe Rebels, was to hire 4000 Redflianks, 
to break in upon them, (by advantage of theiy 
rowing Boats) into the Heart of Tyrone^ between 
thefe Intrenchments, where they might eafilytake 
'^ om him all his Wealth, confifting m Cattle, and 
ere entrench themfelves, and in defpite of all 
renews Forces, be fupplied with all Neceflaries 
nxtlxt Scottifi Iflands. And indeed to this Pur* 
:«>fe, lYitTuoidiBourghj if iie had not been prevent- 
d by fudden Death, had contra&ed with thofe 
icots^ promiflng 4000 Men for the firft Month's 
pay, 1 100 Pound, thechiefLeaderaColonerspay, 
and certain Captains the pav of a Captain of 100 
Men. After which Month, their Septs were to 
be cefled for their Victuals, upon fuch Countries, 
as they muft have fought with the Rebels for every 
Model : Namely, the Sons of Jgnus mac Conml 
with their Septi upon the Route, the Glinnes, 

and 



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and North Clandcboy^ who for the Pretfcncc riiey 
had to inherit that Country, would profecute James 
mac Surley^ the Pofleflbr thereof to the uttermoft* 
^ Donnel Grome and his Sept, upon Tuogb^ being mac 
Gents his Country. The mac Clean's and their Sept, 
upoii the South Clandeboy, and the DufFren. All 
which Septs were to put in Pledges to the Lord 
Bourghy not to prey any under the Queen's Protec- 
tion, and to depart the Kingdom, when his Lord- 
fhip ihould pleafe no longer to make Ufe of their 
Service. 

The five and twentieth of June^ during the faid 
MunfierJovLTTvcy^ the Lord Lieutenant wrote unto 
the Queen this Letter following. 

WHen this ihall come to your Majefty's Hands, 
I know not 5 but Whenfoever it hath that 
Honour, give it leave (I humbly befeech your Ma- 
jefty) to tell you, that having now paffed through 
the Provinces of Leinfter^nA Munfier^ and been up- 
on the Frontier of Connaught^ (where the Gover- 
nor and the chief of the Province were with me j) 
I dare begin to give your Majefty fomc Advertifc- 
mentof the State of this Kingdom, not as before 
by hear-fay, but as I beheld it with mine own Eyes. 
The Peopk in general have able Bodies by Nature, 
iand have gotten by cuftom ready ufe of Arms, and 
by their late Succefles Boldnefs to fight with your 
Majefty*s Troops .In their Pride they value no Man 
but themfelves, in their Affeftions they love no- 
thing but Idlcnefs and Licentioufnefs, in their Re- 
bellion they have nO other End, but to ihake ofF 
the Yoke 6f Obedience to your Majefty, and to 
root otit all remembrance of the Englijh N ation in 
this Kingdom. I fay this of the People in gene* 
cal, for r find not only thegreater Part thus afteft- 
cd, but that it is a general Quarrel of the Irijby and 
they who do notprofefs it, are either fo few, orfo 
lalie, that there is no ttccouiK to be made of them. 

The 



Ckp.L <?/ IRELAND. 8t 

The Irijb Nobility and Lords of Countries^ do not 
only m their Hearts afFe£t this plaufeable QuaiTel, 
and are divided from us in Religion^ but have ail 
efpecial Quarrel to the Englijh &ovcmtnent, be- 
caufe it litniteth and tieth them, who ever have 
been, and ever would be as abfolute Tyrants, as 
any are under the Sun. The Towns, being inha- 
bited by Men of the fame Religion and Birth as the 
reft, are fo carried away with the Love of Gai% 
that for it, they will furnifh the Rebels with 
all Things that may arm them, or enable them a- 
gainft the State, or againft thcmfelves. The 
wealth of the Kingdom, which confifteth id 
Cattle, Oat-meal, and other Vi6tuals, isalmoftin 
the Rebels Hands* who in every Province, till 
my coming, have oeen Matters ot the Field. The 
Expectation of all thefe Rebels is verv prefent, 
and very confident, that Spain will either fo in- 
vade your Majefty, that you (hall have no Leifure 
to profecute them here, or fo fuccour them, that 
they will getmoft of the Towns into their Hands^ 
ere your majefty ihall relieve and reinforce your 
Army. So that now if your Majefty refolve to 
fubdue thefe Rebels by Force, they are fo many^ 
and fo framed to be Soldiers, that the War or 
force will be great, coftly, and long. If your 
Majefty will fcek to break them by Fa&ions a- 
mongft themfelvcs, they are covetous and merce- 
nary, and muft be purchafed. and their Jefuits^ 
and pra£tifing Pricfts, muft be hunted out and 
taken from tnem, which now do fodder them fo 
faft, and fo clofe together. If your Majefty will 
have have a ftrong party in the Irijh Nobility, 
and make ufe of them, you muft hide from them 
a^l purpctfe of eftabliftiing Englijh Government, 
till the Strength of the IriJI) be fo broken, that 
{hey ftiall fee no Safety but in your Mujefty's 
Protection. If your Majefty will be aflured 
of the Poffeffion of your Towns, and keep them 
Vol. I. F from 



8t MoRysoN*5 Hiftory Bookl 

from fupplying the Wants of the Rebels, you 
mull have Garrifons brought into them^ able to 
command them, and make it a Capital Ofience 
for any Merchant in Ireland^ to trade with the Re* 
bels, or buy or fell anv Arms or Munition whadb- 
cver .For your good SuDJe&s may have for their Mo- 
ney out of yourMajefty's Store, that which fhall 
be appointed by Order, and may ferve for their 
neceflary Defence, whereas if once they be trada- 
ble, the Rebels will give fuch extreme and excrf- 
five Prices, that they will never be kept from them. 
If your Majefty will fecure this your Realm from 
the danger of Invafion, as foon as thofe which di- 
re£t and manage your Majefty's Intelligences, give 
notice of the Preparations and Readinefs of the E- 
nemy, youmuftbeas well armed, and provided for 
your Defence : Which Provifion, confifts in ha- 
ving Forces upon the Coaft, inroUed and trained, 
in having Magazines of Vi&ual in your Majefty's 
fFeft and North- fFeft Parts, ready to be tranfport-* 
ed 5 and in having Ships both of War and Tranf- 
portation, which may carry and waft them both, 
upon the firft Alarm of a Defcent. The enrolling 
and training of your Subje6ks, is no charge to your 
Majefty's own Coffers : The providing of Maga- 
2:ines, will never be any lofs^ for in ufing them, 
y u may fave a Kingdom, and if you ufe them not, 
you may have your old ftore fold, and (if it be well 
handled) to your Majefty's Profit. The arming 
of your Majefly's Ships, when you hear yourE- 
ncmy arms to the Sea, is agreeable to your own 
provident and princely Courfes, and to the Poli- 
cy of all Princes and States of the World. But 
to return to Ireland again, as I have fhewed your 
Majefly the Dangers and Difadvantages, which 
your Servants and Miniflers here fhall and do meet 
withal, in this great Work of reducing this 
Kingdom. So I will now (as well as I can) re- 
prefent to your Majefly your Strengths and Advan- 
tages. 



Ghap.I. of IKELAND. 8j 

t^es. Fir ft, thefe Rebels arc neither able to force 
any walled Town, Caftle, or Houfe of Strength, 
nor to keep any that they get, fo that while your 
Majeftykeepsyoiir Armyin Strength and Vigour, 
you are undoubtedly Miftrefs of all Towns and 
Holds whatfoever. By which Means (if your Ma- 
jefty have good Minifters) all the Wealth of the 
Land fhall be drawn into the Hands of your Sub- 
lets J your Soldiers in the Winter {hall be eafefuUy 
lodged, and readily fupplied of any Wants, and 
we that command your Majcfty's Forces, may 
make the War OfFenfive and Defenfive, may fight 
andbe in Safety, asoccafion is offered. Secondly, 
your Majefty's Horfemen, are fo incomparably 
better than the Rebels, and their Foot are fo un* 
willing to fight in Battle or grofs, (howfoever 
they be defirous to skirmifh and fight loofe>) that 
your Majefty maybe always Miflrefs of the Cham- 
pion Countries, which are the beft Parts of this 
Kingdom. Thirdly, your Majefly viftualling 

J^our Army out of England^ and with your Carri- 
ons burning and fpoilingthe Country in all Places, 
fhallflarve the Rebel in one Year, becaufe ro Ptace 
clfe can fupply them. Fourthly, fince no War can 
be made without Munition, and Munition this 
Rebel cannot have, but from Spain^ Scothnd^ or 
your own Towns here, if your Majefly \^ ill ftill 
continue your Ships and Pinaces upon the Coaft, 
andbe pleafed to fend a Printed Proclamation, that 
upon Pain of Death no Merchant, Townf-man, 
or other Subject, do traffick with the Rebel, or 
buy or fell in any Sort any Kind of Munition or 
Arms, I doubt not, but in fhort Time I fhall make 
them Banker out of their old Store, and I hope our 
Seamen will keep them from receiving any new. 
Fifthly, your Majefty hath a rich Store of gal- 
lant Colonels, Captains, and Gentlemen of Quali- 
ty, whofe Example and Execution is of moreufe, 
than all the reft of^ your Troops j whereas the Men 

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of beft Quality among the Rebels, whicl^wrc their 
Leaders, and their Horfcmen, dare never put 
themfelves to anjrhazard, but fend their Kern, and 
their Hirelings to fight with your Majefty*s 
Troops 5 fo that although their common Soldiers 
are too hard for our new Men, yet are they not 
able to ftand before fuch gallant Men as will charge 
them, Sixthly, your Majefty's Commanders be- 
ing advifed and exercifed, know all Advantages, 
and by the Strength of their Order, will in all 
great Fights beat the Rebels. For they neither 
march nor lodge, nor fight in Order, but only by 
the benefit of their Footmanfhip can come on, and 
gooff at their Pleafure, which makes them attend 
a whole Day, ftill skirmifhing, and never ingag- 
ing themfelves. So that it hath been ever the 
Fault and Weaknefs of your Majefty's Leaders, 
whenfoever you have received any Blow. For the 
Rebels do but watch and attend upon all grofs over- 
lights. Now if it pleafe your Majefty to com- 
pare your Advantages and Difadvantages together^ 
you mall find, that though thefe Rebels are more in 
Number than your Majefty's Army, and have 
(though I do unwillingly confefs it) better Bodies 
and perfefber ufe of their Arms, than thofe Men 
which your Majefty fends over j yet your Majefty, 
commanding the walled Towns, Holds, and 
Champion Countries, and having a brave Nobili- 
ty and Gentry, a better Difcipline, and ftronger 
order than they, and fuch means to keep from them 
the Maintenance of their Life, and to wafte the 
Country, which fhould nourifh them, your Ma- 
jefty may promife your felf, that this Attion will 
(in theEnd) befuccefsful, though coftly, and that 
your Viftory will be certain, though many of 
Us your honeft Servants mu ft facrifice ourfelvcs in 
the Quarrel, and thatthis Kingdom will be reduc- 
ed, though it will ask (befidcs Coft) a great deal of 
Care, Induftry, and Time, But why do I talk of 

Victory, 



Chap.L of IRELAND. ' 85 

Vi6tory, or of Succefs ? It is not known, that 
from England I receive nothing but Difcomforts 
and Souls Wounds? Is it notfpokenin the Army, 
' that your Majefty's Favour is diverted from me, 
and that already you do bode ill both to me and it r 
Is it not believed by theRebels, that thofe whom you 
favour moll, do more hate me out of Fafbion, than 
them out of Duty or Confciencc ? Is it not lament* 
ed of your Majefty's feithfulleft Subjects both 
there and here, that a Cobham^ or a Raleigh (1 will 
forbear others for their Places fake) fhould have 
fuch Credit and Favour with your Majefty, when 
they wifh the ill Succefs of your Majefty's moft 
important Aftion, the Decay of your greateft 
Strength, and the Deftrudbion of your faithfuUeft 
Servants ? Yes, yes, I fee both my own Deftiny, 
and your Majefty's Decree, and do willingly em- 
brace the one, arid obey the other. Let me honeft- 
ly and zealoufly end a wearifome Life, let others 
live in deceitful and unconftant Pleafure> let me 
bear the brunt, and die meritorioufly 5 let others 
atchieve and finiih the Work, and live to ere£k 
Trophies. But my Prayers fhall be, that when my 
Sovereign lofeth me, her Army may not lofe Cou* 
rage, or this Kingdom want Phyfick , or her dear* 
eft felf mifs EJfex^ and then I can never go in a bet* 
ter Time, nor in a fairer Way. Till then, I pro- 
teft before God and his Angels, that I am a true Vo- 
tary, that is fequeftred from all things but my Duty 
and my Charge > I perform the uttermoft of my 
Body's Mind's and Fortune's Ability, and more 
ihould, but that a conftant Care and Labour agrees 
^otwith aninconftant Health, in an unwholdTome 
and uncertain Climate. This is the Hand of him^ 
that did live your deareft, and will die, 

Your 
Majefty's 

FaithfuUeft Servant, 

EJfex. 
F 5 Towards 



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Towards the End of July his Lordfhip brought 
back his Forces into Leinfter^ the Soldiers being 
weary, fick, and incredibly diminifhed in Num- 
ber, and himfelf returned to Dublin. All that his 
Lordfhip had done in this Journey, bcfides the 
fcattering of the Rebels weak Troops, was the 
taking o? Cabir Caftle, and receiving the Lord of 
Cahir^ the Lord Roche^ and fome others into her 
Majelly'sProtedion, who after his Departure did 
pither openljr fall again to the Rebels Party, or fcr 
crctly combine with them. While his Lordfhip 
was in this Journey, fome 600 Men left in the 
G/i»x, by the Unskilfulnefs of fome young Cap-? 
tains and Soldiers, and the ill AfFeftion of fome 
Irijb Officers, received a difgraceful Blow from 
^he 6 BirnSj whereupon his Lordfliip, now feverc- 
ly punifhed their Fault, difaiming the Soldiers, and 
executing the tenth JMban, calling the Captains to 
a Martial Court, and di&harging them, and, con* 
demning to be (hot to death an Irifi Lieutenant^ 
who had parlied with the Rebels, and was thought 
to have animated them. Then his Lordihip un- 
derftanding that the Qyeen was much ofiended 
with this Munfter Journey, he caft in his Letters 
the Fault on the Council of Ireland^ whofe Ad- 
vice, by reafon of their long Experience in thofe 
Wars, he thought fitteft to follow, at his firft 
Entry, but withal gave her Majefty full Aflurance 
that he wou'd prefently lead the Army into Ulfter 
againft Tyrone himfelf. Yet thefe Letters were 
fcarce delivered, when by others he fignified a Nc- 
ceflity of a Journey into Ophalia and Leax near 
Dublin^ againft the 6 Connors and 6 MoreSy whom 
he brake with eafe, himfelf leading fome ifoo 
into Ophalia^ and fending Sir Chrifiopher Blmti 
the Marfhal, into Leax^ with 1000 Men, under 
the Command of Sir Charles Pearcy^ and Sir Richard 
Moryfon. Then at his Return, taking a View of 
the Army, he found it fo weakened, as by Letters 

figned 



t 



Chap.I, <?/ IRELAND. 87 

(ignod by himfelf and the Council there^ be de- 
fired a Supply of 1000 Foot out of Englandy to 
enable him prefently to undertake the Vlfter Jour« 
ney. 

Thus refolyed to march Northward, he com- 
manded Sir Conyers Clifford^ Governor oiConnaugbt^ 
to draw his Forces up to Belike ^ that he might 
force Tyrone to fend fome of his Forces that Way, 
while he afTailed him on the other fide.. Sir Conyers 
Clifford accordingly marched this Way with 1400 
Foot by Pole, and the Earl of Southampton's 
Troop of 100 Horfe, under the Leading of Capt. 
John Jephfon^ with fome other Irijh Horfe : And 
coming to the Curlew Mountains, he left the Mu- 
nition and Carriages under the Guard of the Horfe, 
till he pafling forward with the Foot had tried 
the Paflage. He had not gone £ar, h^ovtd Rorke 
and other Rebels with him, upon the Advantage 
of Woods, Bogs, and a fiony Caufey, aflailed our. 
Men,who at the firft valiantly repelled them, till the 
Rebels finding the Munition our Men had about 
them b^inning to fail, renewed the Charge with, 
greater Fury than before > at which time our Men, 
iifcouraged with the Want of Powder, (almoft 
^1 they nad about them being fpent, and their 
Store being behind with the Carriage,) as alfo 
wearied with a long march they had made before 
the Skirmiih, began to faint, and take themfelves 
to flight, w^hom the Rebels purfued, and killed 
fome 120 in the Place, among which the trover- 
nor. Sir Conyers Clifford^ and a worthy Captain, 
Sir Alexander RadcUff^ were loft, befides as many 
more hurt, whereof the greateft Part recovered. 
And no doubt the reft had all periihed, if the Horfe 
had not valiantly fuccoured tnem. For the Lord of 
Dunkellyn (who that Day had moft valiantly be- 
haved himlelf) fent Word to Captain John Jephfon 
of their Diftrefs, who prefently charged upon the 
Caufey, and to the very Skirts of the Wood, with 

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fuch Refolutiotij as the Rebels either thinking 
Horfc could not have ferved there, or expecting 
Advantages upon them in that boggy Place, ftood 
gaping on them, and gave way, without any Rc- 
llfrance for a good Space, in which our Men had 
Lcifure to retire over a Ford, into the Plain, where 
the Carriages were, and thence to the Abby of 
the Boyle^ being very near the Place. Afterwafds 
the Rebels began to charge our Horfe, but their 
Powder being almoft fpent. Captain Jepbfen fafic- 
ly retired, with the Lofs of fome few Horfes. Iq 
^ Confultation, fome were eameft to have marched 
forward the next Day : But the Lord of Dunkellin^ 
Sir Arthur Savage^ Capt. John Jephfon^ and many 
of the bell Judgment, confidering the Governor 
was loft, our Trobps utterly difmay'd, and^i)m- 
nel come down with all his Forces into thofe Parts, 
thought fit our Men ihould retire to their Gairi- 
fbns. So Capt. j0phfon all that Night kept the 
Ford, while oui'Fobtin the filent Night retired^ 
and in the Morning when they were in' Safety, he 
'*rith the Horfe under his Command went foftly 
after them to the Caftle of Athlone. It is ftrangc^ 
the Rebels then prefent being but fome 200, and 
moft ot our Men being old Soldiers, how this 
Defeat could be given, but fmall Accidents in 
military Affairs, are often Caufes of ftrange and 
great Events : For I have heard this Mifchancc 
ftiUy attributed to an unorderly Turning of the 
t^ole Body of the Van j which though it were 
toward the Enemy, yet being miftaken by fome 
common Soldiers for a Flight, it caufed a general 
Rout. 

- In the mean time the forefaid Supply of 1000 
Foot was fent out of England to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, according to his and the Council's Re- 
queft. But few Days after, his Lordfhip figni- 
fied by his Letters into England^ that he could do 
no more this Se*ilbn of the Year, than to draw 

IJOQ 



chap. I. i?/IRELAND^ 89 

1 500 Foot, and joo Horfe to the Borders of Uljier. 
whither he came about the Ides of September^ 
ind Tyrone two Days together ihewed himfelf and 
hi$ Troops upon diftant Hills, to the Englijh . Then 
Tyrone fent Hagan to the Lord Lieutenant, to in- 
' treat a Parley between his Lordfliip and him> 
which his Lordfhip refufed, anfwering, that if 
Tyrone would fpeak with him, he Ihould find him 
next Day in Arms, in the Head of the Army. The 
next Day, after a light Skirmilh, one of Tyrone's 
Horiemen cried with a loud Voice, that Tyrone 
would not fight, but would fpeak with the Lord 
Lieutenant, and that unarm^, and both with- 
drawn afide from the Forces. The next Day, 
when his Lordfhip marched forwards, Hagan met 
him again, and declared to him, that Tyrone be- 
fought the Queen's Mercy, and that he would 
Touchfafe to fpeak one Word with him, which 

E:anted, he would in all Humblcnefe attend his 
ordfhip at the Ford Balla-clinch^ near the chief 
Town ot the County of Louth . His Lordfhip fent 
fome before, to view the Foni, who founa Ty^ 
rone there, and he aflured them, that howfoever 
the Waters were fomething rifen, yet they might 
eafily hear one another from each Side. His Lord- 
ihip being come thither, Tyrone leaving a Troop 
of Horfe upon a Hill not far off, came down alone,- 
and putting his Horfe up to the Belly in the Wa- 
tci-, with all Humblencfs faluted his Lordfhip 
{landing on the other Bank, and there they pafTed 
many Speeches. Then Tyrone called his Brother 
Cormaci^ Mac Gewnys^ MacGuire^ Ever Mac Cou^ 
^ . ley^ Henry Ovington^ and d ^in, to the Ford, the 
Lord Lieutenant having firft called the Earl of 
Southampton^ Sir George Bourcher^ Sir Warham St. 
Legery Sir Henry Davers^ Sir Edward Wingfeldj 
and Sir William Conftable^ to come down. Tyrone 
very Courtly faluted each one,and after fhort Confe* 
rencc, it was concluded, that the next Day Com- 

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miflioners fhould meet to treat of Peace, and they 
made a mutual Truce from that Day for fix Weeks, 
and fo from fix Weeks to fix Weeks, till the 
Callends of A£au with Caution, that it ihould be 
free to either Side, upon fourteen Days Warning 
firft given, to renew the War. And if any ot 
the Earl of Tyrone's Confederates ihould notsment 
hereunto, he left them to be profecuted, by the 
Lord Lieutenant* 

By this time the Queen had received his Lord* 
{hip's laft Letters above ipentioned, fignifying 
that hp could only for this Winter, draw to the 
Confines of Ulfiefy with ijoo Foot, and }oo 
Horfej at which time, to juftify his Refolution, 
he fcnt the Judgment of the chief Commanders of 
the Army, lubforibed with their Hands, dated the 
21 ft of ^ugujt^ that for that time more could not 
be enterprized for thef^p Reafons \ that the Army 
was unwilling to be drawn towards XJlfter^ fo as 
xnany ran aw^y froria their Colours > that manv 
were fick > that no Plantation could be made thit 
Year at Lough foykj nor any Courfe taken to divert 
7yrom'% Forces ; that the Connaught Army was de- 
feted > that his Lordfhip's Army had not above 
4000 able Men at the moft j that thefe were un- 
able to ftand againft the Rebels, being <$ooo fhot^ 
and lying within ftrong Intrenchments j that much 
lefs any ftrong Garrifons couldbeleft in the North, 
and a lafe Retreat madej and laftly, that thofe 
Garrifons, if they could be left there, would more 
endanger the Englijb (being continually to fupply 
them with Vi6tuals in Winter time) than annoy 
the Rebels. Her Majefty being highly offendea, 
that fo royal an Army, maintained with her ex- 
ceflive Charge, had in fix Months efFe£ted nothing, 
and now gave no hope of any important Service 
to be done againft the Rebels, wrote a fliarp Let- 
ter to the Lord Lieutenant, and the Council of 
Ireland^ as folio weth. 

Elizabeth 



chap. I. <?/ IRELAND. 91 

Elizabeth Regina. By the ^ueen. 

Right trufty and right well beloved Coufin and 
Counfellor, and trufty and well beloved. We 
greet you well. Having fufficiently declared unto 
you before this time, how little the manner of 
your Proceedings hath anfwered, either our Di- 
reiEkion, or the World's Expeftation. And find- 
ing now bv your Letters by Cuffe^ a Courfe more 
ftmnge^ it ftranger may be, we are doubtful what 
to prelcribe you at any time, or what to build 
upon by your own Writings to us in any things 
For we have clearly difcemed of late, that you 
have ever to this Hour poflcfTed us with Expec- 
tations, that you would proceed as we dire£ted 
you. But your A6tions fliew always the contrary, 
though carried in fuch fort, as you were fure we' 
had no time to countermand them. 

Before your Departure, no Man's Counfel was. 
held found, which perfuaded not prefently the* 
main Profecution in Ulfter^ all was nothing with- 
out that, and nothing was too much for that. This 
drew on the fudden Tranfportation, of fo many 
thoufands to be carried over with you, as when 
you arrived we were charged with more than the 
Lift, or which we refolved, to the Number of 
00 Horfe-, alfo the thoufand which were only to 
e in Pay during the Service in Ulfter^ have been 
put in Charge ever fince the firft Journey. The 
Pretence of which Voyage, as appeareth by your 
Letters was to do fome prefent Service, in the in* 
terim^ whilft the Seafon grew more commodious 
for the main Profecution 5 for the which purpofe^ 
you did importune with great Earneftnefs, that aU 
manner of Provifions might be haftned to Dublin, 
againft your Return. 

Of this Refolution to defer your going into Ul- 
fter^ you may well think that we would have made 

ftay, 



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ftay, if you had given us more time, or if wc 
' could have imagined by the Contents of your own 
Writings, that you would have fpent nine Weeks 
abroad. At your Return, when a third Part of 
July waspaft, and that you had underftood oiir 
Miflike of your former Courfc, and making your 
Excufc of undertaking it only in refped ot your 
Conformity to the Councils Opinions, with great 
Protcftations of hafte into the North, we received 
another Letter, of new Reafons to fufpend that 
Journey yet awhile, and to draw the Army into 
Opbalia. The Fruit whereof was no other at your 
coming home, but more Relations of further Mi- 
ferics of your Army, and greater Difficulties to 
perform the Ulfter War. Then followed from 
^. . . you and the Council a new Demand of 
^xSoT ^^^^ Men to which if we would aflent^ 
you would fpeedily undertake what wc 
had fo often commanded. When that was grant- 
ed, and your going onward promifed by divers 
Letters, wc received by this Bearer now freih 
Advertifement, that all you can do, is to go to 
the Frontier, and that you have provided only for 
twenty Days Viftuals. In which kind of Pro- 
ceeding, we mufl deal plainly with you and that 
Council, that it were more proper for them, to 
leave troubling themfelves with uiftrufting us, by 
what Rules our Power and their Obedience are 
limited, and to bethink them, if the Courfcs 
have been only derived from their Councils, how 
to anfwer this Part of theirs, to train us into s| 
new Expence for one End, and imploy it upon 
another > to which we could never have afTented, if 
wc could have fufpefted it fhould have been under-* 
taken, before we heard it was in Aftion. And 
therefore we do wonder how it can be anfwered, 
feeing your Attempt is not in the capital Traitors 
Country, that you have increafed our Lift : But 

it 



Chap.L i>f IRELAND; 93 

it is true a$ wc have often faid, that we are drawn on 
to Expence, by little and little, and by Proteftations 
of great Refolutions in Generalities, till thev come 
to particular Execution. Of all which (Jourfes, 
whofoever ihall examine any of the Arguments 
ufed for Excufe, fliall find, that your own Pro- 
ceedings beget the Difficulties, and that no juft 
Caufes do breed the Alteration* If lack of Num- 
bers, if Sicknefs of the Army be the Caufes, why 
was not the Aftion undertaken, when the Army 
was in better State ? If Winter's Approach, why 
were the Summer Months of July and Auguft loft ? 
If the Spring was too foon, and the Summer that 
followed otherwife fpent, if the Harveft that fuc- 
ceeded was fo negleded, as nothing hath been done, 
then furely mult we conclude, that none of the 
four Quarters of the Year will be in Seafon for 
you and that Council, to agree of Tyrone'^ Profc* 
cution, for which all our Charge was intended. 
Further, we require you to confider, whether we 
have not great Caufe to think, that the Purpofc 
is not to end the Wai", when your felf have fo 
often told us, that all the petty Undertakings in 
Leinfter^ Munfter^ and C^nnaugbt^ are but Lofs of 
Time, Confumption of Trealurc, and Wafte of 
our People, until Tyrone himfelf be firft beaten, 
on whom the reft depend. Do you not fee, that 
he maketh the War with us in all Parts by his Mi- 
nifters, feconding all Places where any Attempts 
be offered : Who doth not fee, that if this Courfc 
be continued, the Wars arc like to fpend us and 
our Kingdom beyond all Moderation, as well as 
the Report of the Succefs in all Parts hath ble- 
miftied our Honour, and incouraged others to no 
fmall Proportion. We know you cannot fo much 
fail in Judgment, as not to underftand, that all 
the Worldfeeth, how time is dallied, though you 
think the Allowance of that Council, whole Sub* 
fcriptions are your Ecchocs, ftiould ferve and fa- 

tisfy 



94 MoitYSON'5 Hifiory BookL 

tisfy us. How would you have derided any Man 
clfe, that fhould have toUowed your Steps ? Hov/ 
often have you told us, that others which preceded 
you, had no Intent to end the War ? How often 
nave you refolved us, that until Lougbfoyle and 
BaUyjoannon were planted, there could be no hope 
of doing Service upon the capital Rebels ? We 
muft therefore let you know, that as it cannot be 
Ignorance, fo it cannot be want of Means, for 
you had your asking, you had Choice of Times, 
you had Power and Authority more ample thsm 
ever any had, or ever fhall have. It may well be 
judged, with how little Contentment, wc fearch 
out this and other Errors j for who doth willing- 
ly feek for that, which thev are fo loth to find, 
but how fhould that be hidden which is fo pal* 
pable ? And therefore to leave that which is paft^ 
and that you may prepare to remedy Matters of 
Weight nereafter, rather than to fill your Papers 
with many impertinent Arguments, being in your 
general Letters, favouring ftill in many Points of 
Humours, that concern the private of you our Lord 
Lieutenant 5 we do tell you plainly, that are of that 
Council, that we wonder at your Indifcretion, to 
fubfcribe to Letters which concern our publick 
Service, when they are mixed with any Man's 
private, and dire6ted to our Council Table, which 
is not to handle things of fmall ^Importance. 

To conclude, if you will fay, though the Ar- 
my be in Lift zoooo, that you have them not, we 
anfwer then to our Treafurcr, that we are ill fer- 
ved 5 and that there need not fo frequent Demands 
of full Pay : If you will fay the Mufter-mafter is 
to blame, we much mufe then why he is not pu- 
nifhed, though fay we might to you our General, 
if we would Ex Jure propriojudtcare^ that all De- 
fers by Minifters, yea though in never fo reniote 
Garrifons, have been affirmed to us, to deferve to 
be imputed to the Want of Care of the General. 
For the fmall Proportion you fay you carry with 

you 



ChapJ- 0/ IRE land; pjr 

you of 3 f 00 Foot, when ktely we augmented you 
2000 more. It is to Us paft Comprenenfion, ex- 
cept it be that you have left ftill too great Numbers 
in unneceflary Garrifons, which do increafe our 
Charge, and diminish your Army, which We 
command you to reform, elpecially fince you, by 
yoxxr continual Reports of the State of every Pror 
vince, dcfcribe them all to be in worfe Conoition, 
than ever they were before you fetPoot in thatKing- 
dom. So that whofoever fhall write the Story 
of this Year's Aftion, muft fay, that We were at 
;reat Charges to hazard Our Kingdom, and you 
lave taken great Pains to prepare for many Pur- 
pofes, which perilh without Underftanding. And 
therefore becaufe We fee now by your own Words, 
that the Hope is fpent of this Year's Service upon 
Tyrone and 6 Donnel^ We do command you and our 
Council, to fall into prefent Deliberation, and 
thereupon to fend Us over in Writing, atrue De- 
claration of the State to which you have brought 
our Kingdom, and what be the EfFe&s which this 
Journey hath produced, and why thefe Garrifons 
which you will plant far within the Land in Brenny 
and Monagban^ as others whereof We have writ- 
ten, fhall have the fame Difficulties. 

Secondly, We look to hear from you and them 
jointly, how you think the remainder of this Year 
fhall be imployed, in what Kind of War, and 
where, and in what Numbers, which being done, 
and fent Us hither in writing with all Expedition, 
you fh^l then Underftand Our Pleafure in all 
Things fit for our Service, until which Time, 
We command you to be very careful to meet with 
all Inconveniences, that may arife in that King-, 
dom, where the ill affefted will grow infolent up- 
on Our ill Succefs, and the good Subjeds grow 
defperate, when they fee thebeft of Ourpreferv- 
ingthem. 

We 



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Wc have feen a writing in form of a Cartel, full 
of Challenges that arc impertinent, and of Com- 
parifons that are needlcfs, fuch as have not been be- 
fore this Time prefented to a State, except it be 
done now with a hope to terrify all Men, from cen- 
furing your Proceedings. Had it not been enough 
tohavefcnt Us the Teftimony of the Council, but 
that you muft call fo many of thofe, that arc of 
flender Experieflce, and none of Our Council, to 
fuch a form of Subfcription. Surely howfocvcr. 
you may have warranted them. We doubt not but 
to let them know, what belongs to Us, to you, and 
to themfelves. And thus expe6ting your Anfwcr, 
Wcend, at our Mannor of Nonfuch the 14th of 
September^ in the 41ft. Year of Our Reign, 

ifpp. 

The Lord Lieutenant being n^tled, 
Loitfs Juftkes. or rather galled with this Letter, re- 

folved to leave Adam Loftus the Lord 
Archbifhop of Dublin^ and SirG^^rg^ Gary Trca- 
furer at Wars, to govern the Kingdom in his Ab- 
(ence, 'and prefently failing into England^ polled to 
the Court, where altogether unlooked for, he ar- 
rived the z8th of September^ and prefented himfelf 
on his Knees to the Queen, early in the Morning, 
being in her private Chamber, who received him 
not with that chearful Countenance, which Ihc 
was wont to (hew him, but after a brief Confe- 
rence, commanded him to retire to his Chamber, 
and there to ftay, until he knew her further Plea- 
fure ; from whence his Lordihip's next re- 
move, was to the Lord Keeper's Houfe, in State 
of a Prifoner. 



Th€ 



Chap. I. y IRELAND. ^y 

77je Lift of ths chief Officers of the Kingdom^ and thi 
Amy and the Difpofal of the Forces made in Sep- 
tember, ifpp, when the Lord Lieutenant left tbi 
Kingdom. 

Officers and Governors. Lord Lieutenant^ the 
Earl of Ejffexi^ LordPrefidentof A/«»/^, void by 
the Death of Sir Thomas Norris. Place of chief 
Commiffioner of Connaught void or provifional. 
Lieutenant of the Army, Earl of Ormond. Trea- 
furer at War, Sir George Carey. The MarlhaPs 
Place of Ireland void. M^j-fter of the Ordnance^ 
Sir George Bourcher. Marihal of the Camp, pro- 
vifionally, Sir Oliver Lambert. Lieutenant of 
the Hone, Sir Henry Davers. Serjeant Major^ 
Sir Arthur Chichefter. 

Colonels of Horfe. Sir William EverSj Sir 
Griffin Markham. 

Colonels of Foot. Earl of Kildare^ Earl of 
Thomondj Lord of Dunkellin^ Lord Audley^ Lord 
Dunfany^ Sit Edward Denny ^ Sir Matthew Morgan^ 
Sir Charles Piercy J Sir Henry Dockwra^ Sir Chrifto^ 
pher St. Laurence^ Sir John BolleSj Sir Edward 
Herbert^ Sir Charles Wilmot^ Sir Henry Power ^ Sir 
Arthur Savage. 

Four Corporals and a Provoft^Marfhal of the 
Army. 

The Difpofal of the Forces. 

• Horfe in Munfter. The Earl of Thpmond^ zf. 
Sir Anthony Cookj fo. Sir fFarham St. Leger^ z^. 
Cz.ipt. Thomas fFbitCy fo. 
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Foot in Munjier. Earl of T^omond^ zoo. Ma- 
fter-Treafurer^ loo. Sir Henry Harrington^ lOo* 
Sir Henry Power ^ zoo. Sir Edward Denny ^ ifo. 
Sir Anthony Cooky loo. Sir Charles Wilmot^ ifo. 
Sir Francis Barkley^ loo. Sir John Dowdaly loo. 
Capt. JViUiam Power ^ ifo. Capt. Clare^ ifo. 
' Capt. Brown^ loo, Capt. Keamys^ loo. Capt. 
Boftockj 100. Capt. Brooky loo. Capt. Rande^ 
100. Capt. Flower^ loo. Capt. Diggs, loo. 
C^'pt. William Tirwhit J ifo. Capt. P<j?ri:er, loo. 
C^ipt. PFilliam Hartpoole^ loo. C^l^i. Francis Kin^ 
gefmily 1 00. 

Horfe in Connaught. Earl of Clanrickard^ fo. 
Provoft Marfhal, to. Sir iToeobald Dillon^ if. 
Capt. G^^/*^^ Blunt y 1 1. 

(p Foot in Connaught. "Ezrl of Clanrickardj loo. 
Lord of Dunkellyn^ lyo. Sir Arthur Savage^ 200. 
Sir Thomas Bourk^ 100. Sir Gerald Harvy^ Ifo. 
Sir Hugh 6 Connor y 100. Sir ^eobald Dillon^ 100. 
Capt. jB^^^jk^, ifo. C^t. Richard Plunket J 100. 
Capt. Mojiion, 100. Capt. ST/*^/ »^ i^^«^^5 100. 
Czpt. /Salter Floy dy If o. C^^l. Thomas Roper^ ifo. 
Capt. 0//wr Bourky 100. Capt. Thomas Bourk^ 
1 00 . Capt. David Bourk^ 1 00 . 

Horfe at Carrickfergus. Neal Mac Hugh^ 30. 

Foot at Carrickfergus. Sir Arthur Chichefter^ 
zoo. Sir Richard Piercy^ ifo. Capt. Eingfon^ 
100. Czipt. Norton^ 100. 

Horfe attheiVI?wry. Sir Samuel Bagnolj fO. 

Foot at the Newry. Sir Samuel Bagnolj 200. 
Czipt. Edward Blaney J ifo. C^ipt. Freckleton^ 100. 
Capt. 7(?/^J Bodley^ ifo. Capt. Francis Stafford^ 
100. Capt. STi^^jy Caulfeildj ifo. Capt. Leigh^ 
100. 

Foot 



chap. I. of IRELAND. p^ 

Foot Vit Dundalk. Czpt. Egetton^ lOO. CapC4 
Binglejij ifo. Cz^t.Bafetj loo. 

Voot 2it Atherdee. Six Garret Moor^ lOO. Capt* 
Roe^ 100. 

Horfc at Kells and Na*Oan. Lord of Dmfany^ 
fo. Six Garret Moor ^ Zf. 

Foot at jSu^/Zj and Navan, Lord Audley^ zoo. 
Lord J9^»/i»y, ifo. Six Fulk Comvay^ iro. Sir 
Chriftopher St. Laurence^ zoo. Sir Zfe»ry Dock'wra^ 
200. Sir y^;&» Charnberlayne^ lyo. Capt. 3^^i&» 
Sidney J loo. Capt. i?^/^^ Sidleyy lOO. Capt. 
i?(?g^r Atkinfon^ loo. Capt. Heathy ifo. Capt. 
Nelfon^ 100. Czpt. Hugh Reilly^ lOO* 

Horfeat?V/w. Six Griffin Markham^ fo. 
Foot at Sfr/w. Sir Charles Piercy^ zoo. Capt# 
Roger Or me ^ lOO. Czpt. Alf or d^ loo. 

Foot at Z>^Af and the ^^rr^w-fide. Sir fP'arham 
St. Leger^ ifo. Sir Francis Rujhj ifo. Capt. 
y(»i&» Fitz Piers ^ ifo. Mx.HartpooIy lo. 

Foot at Ennifcortby. Sir Oliver Lamherty zoo. 
Six Richard Majierfon^ Xfo. 

Horfc in and about the JVij^j. The Earl of jiT//- 
^^r^5 fo. Capt. Richard Qreame^ fo. Capt. 
Thomas Gifford^ zf. Capt. George Greame^ iz. 
C^pt. Thomas Lee^ iz. 

Foot in and about the iV^^J. Earl of Kildare^ 
1 5*0. Earl of Southampton^ zoo. Sir Matthew 
Morgan^ ifo. Sir Thomas LoftuSy loo. Capt. 
Walter Mac Edmond^ loo. Capt. Edward Loftus^ 
100. Czpt.Thomas fTilliamSj ij-o. Capt.TZ^owi^^ 
L^^5 100. Capt. fFilliam Euftace^ lOO. Capt. 

C z Efmond^ 



ico Mortson'5 Hifory Book I. 

Efmond^ ifo. C^c^t.Jehn Mafterfon^ lOO. Capt. 
Ellis Floods 100. C^^t. R.Trevor ^ loo. 

Foot ztMullingar. The Lord of Delvin^ lyo. 

.Capt. Thomas Mynne^ loo. Capt. fVilUam Staf- 

ford^ 100. Czipt. Lionel Gheft^ lOO. Capt. ^/7- 

/r^«j fFinfor^ loo. Capt. Thomas Coocbe^ loo. 

Cz^t. Garret Dillony lOO. 

Foot in O^^^/y. Sir Henry Cooly^ 20. SirjHJ?«- 
ry JVarren^ 100. Sir 'Edward Fitz-geraldy 100. 
Sir G^(?r^e Ct^e^/^, 20. * 

Horfe at Kilkenny. The Earl of Ormondj f o. 
Sir O/zwr Lambert ^ if. Sir JValtir Butler ^ yo. 
Sir Chriftopher St. Laurence^ 30. Capt. Garret 
Flemings zf. Capt. IVilliam Taffe^ f o. 

Foot at Kilkenny. The Earl of Ormmi^ too. 
Sir C^r^w Reynel^ ifo. Sir /fe«ry Folly ot^ ifo. 
Capt. Richard Croft ^ 100. Capt. ^w> Sheffeild^ 
100. Cz.ipt. Nicholas Pinner^ 100. 

Foot at Ballymorcj and ^ CarroPs Country. Capt. 
Francis Shane^ 100. Capt. Edward Lifier^ 100. 
Sir Charles 6 Carrol^ 100. 

Horfe and Foot at Newcajlle. Sir JVilliam War^ 
ren^ fo Horfe. Sir fFi I Ham IVarren^ 100 Foot. 

Foot at Athhoy smd Phillipftown. Sir Richard 
Morifon^ zoo. Sir George B our cher^ 100. 

Foot at Dublin. Sir /^»ry FtfnlkeSj commanding 
the Lord Lieutenant's Guard, 200. 

Horfe at Fingall^ and the Navan. Sir ^7- 
//^;» Evers^ 100. The Earl of Southampton's 
Troop, commanded by Capt. 7^^^ Jephfon^ loo* 
Siy //^^ry Divers ^ 1 00. 

^^ ■ : Horfc 



Chap.L of IRELAND. loi 

Horfe in the County of Dublin. Sir Henry Har- 
rington^ zy. Sir Edward Herbert^ iz. Sir Gerald 
Aylemer^ 13. Murrogh MacTeigueOge^ lo. 

Foot undifposM. Sir John ^albot^ 21. 

Total of Horfe 1151 
Total of Foot 144^2 

The forefaid Lords Juftices being left to govern 
Ireland^ upon the Lord Lieutenant's fudden Dc* 
parturc, did eafily rule the unwieldy Helm of this 
Kingdom, fo long as the Sea was calm, by the 
Continuance of that Truce formerly mentioned to 
be made between the Lord Lieutenant and lyronfj 
which was then ccMicluded for fix Weeks, arid fo 
from fix Weeks to fix Weeks, till the Calends ^f 
May J except cither of them fliould give fourteen 
Days Warning of their purpofe to break the fame. 
But about the Beginning of December ^ Tyrone^s 
Party entring into Ads of Hoftility, the Lord's 
Juftices fent Sir William JVarren to expoftulate 
with him the Caufe of this Breach, he anfwered, 
that he had not broken the Truce, having, (ac- 
cording to the Condition thereof) given them 
fourteen Days Warning, and that he had fo done, 
bccaufe the Earl of EJfex being imprifoned in Eng- 
land^ in whom he had placed all the Confidence of 
his Life and Eftatc, he was refolved not to rely on 
the Council of that Kingdom, who had formerly 
dealt deceitfully with him therein 5 Finally, that I^ 
could not now renew the Truce, though he never 
fo much defired it, fince he had already fent b Don-- 
net into Connaught^jmd divers of his Confederates 
into other Parts, to renew the War. 

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loi MoRYSON*^ Hifiory BookL 

Thus much their Lordihips advertifed into Eng- 
land^ by Letters full of diffidence, profeffing that 
they teared the Rebels would prefently aflault the 
Englijh Pale: Likewife, fome ill affeded to the 
JEarl of EJfex advertifed, that among the Rebels a 
common Rumour was fpread, and that no doubt 
from Tyroncy that England would fhortly be in com* 
bullion within itfelf, which increafed the Sufpici* 
ens already conceived of the forefaid Qonference 
had between the Earl and Tyrone^ to the great Pre- 
judice of the Earl being in durance. 

Now her Maiefty receiving thefe advertifements, 
and further underftanding that the Rebels daily in- 
creafed in Number and Courage, that the mccrlrijb 
afpired to Liberty, and that the Englijb-Ififij if 
perhaps well-afFetted, yet were daunted by the 
ill Succefs of the Queen's Affairs, (whofe great 
Expences, and Royal Army they had feen vaniih 
into Smoak), and were befides exafperated with an 
old Grief^ to be excluded themfelves from the Go* 
vernment, while Englijh Deputies were daily, fcnt 
to command them. And having Intelligence that 
Tyrone J full of Pride, did every where boaft him- 
felf as Champion of the Irijb Liberty and Romijb 
Religion (every where receiving to his Proteftion, 
and cherifhing all feditious Perfons, helping the 
weak with Succours, confirming the diffident 
with ftrong Hopes), and that he was grown con- 
fident to root out the Englijh Government, as well 
hy former Succefles, as by the Succour of the King 
of Spain ^ (who already had fent him fome Munition 
and a little Money, with bragging Promifes of 
greater Supplies), and by the fair Promifes and 
large Indulgences fent from the Pope, with a 
Crown of Phacnix Feathers (perhaps in I(nitation 
of Pope Urban III. who fent John^ the Son to 
King Henry II. then made Lord of Ireland^ a little 
Crown woven of Peacocks Feathers.) 

Her 



Chap.I. 0/ IRELAND, 103 

HerMajcfty, I fay, having thefe ad vertifements, 
jind finding thereby that it was high Time to 
make ftrong Oppofil;ion to this rebellj- 
ous Monftcr, made choice of Charles 0^^^^^^ 
Blountyl.ord,Mountjoy^ to be Deputy of J^^"""* 
Ireland^ whom her Highnefs had the LordD^» 
laft Year purpofed to employ in that ty, 
Place: At which Time, the E^arl of 
Effex^ though linked in near Friendlhip with him, 
yet fecretly oppofed thither Majefty's Determina- 
tion, alledging that the Lord Mountjoy had fmall 
Experience in martial Afikirs, fave what he ha4 
gained in the fmall Time he ferved in the Low- 
Countries, adding that he was too bookilh, and 
had too tew Followers, and too frpall an Eftate to 
embrace fo great a Bufinefs 5 fo as the Earl not ob-* 
fcurely afFcaing this Employment himfelf, (to the 
JEnd he might more ftrongly confirm that Depen«? 
dency which all militaty Men already had on him) 
and his Enemies willingly giving fecond to this his 
Ambition, (that by his Abfence thev might have 
better Advantages to hurt him, and to ocnefit them*^ 
felves), at tl^at Time the faid Earl eafily drew this 
fatal Government on his own ShQulciers,^ which 
was one of the firft Steps, and not the leaft Caufc 
of his Ruin. 

Being now to write of this honourable Lord 
Mountjoy^ my deceased l^oxd and Mafler, I do faith- 
fully profefs, and pray the Reader confidently to 
believe, (which I hope moft eafily to obtain of 
thofe,^ (who beft know me), that as in the Duty of 
a Servant I will not omit any Thing I remember 
which may turn to his Lordihip's Honour, fo in 
my Love to Truth, I will be fo far from lying and 
flattering, as I will rather be bold modeftly to men- 
tion fome of his Defefts, whereof the greateft 
Worthies of the World cannot be altogether free. 
To which I will only add, that as I efteem Lying 
arvl Flattery by Word of Mouth, among the 

G 4 Living, 



I04 Movi^^oifsHifiory Bppkl. 

Living, to be infallible Notes of Bafenefs and Ig-» 
iiorance, fo I judge thefe ViceS infamous and finral 
when they are left in print to deceive Pofterity if 
Since the firft may deted Falihood by inquiring the 
Truth, but the latter have no Means to re£tify theiy 
mifinformed Judgments . 

Thus I return to proceed in my former Narrati-? 
on J and firft I will delineate (after my beft Sikill) 
the true Portraiture of this worthy Lord's Body 
ind Mind 5 then I will colleft the Councils by 
which he tamed this Monfter of Rebellion > and 
laftly, I will defcend by order of Tiirte to his Lord*? 
ihip*s particular Aftions. But e're I take n^y Penr 
cil in Hand to figure this noble Lord's Perfon, I 
muft acknowledge my Weaknefs fuch as I cannot 
fully apprehend his compleat Worthinefs, an4 
therefore defire that thofeof greater Judgment to 
difcem the fame will impute all Defefbs to the Un- 
fckilfulnefs of the Workman, and that with others, 
to whom his Lordfhip was lefs known, my rude 
Pen may not derogate any Thing from his due 
Praife. Again, give me leave to remember that 
which I received from his Mouth, that in his child- 
hood, when his Parents would have his Pifbure, 
he chofe to be drawn with a Trowel in his Hand^ 
and this Motto, Adreadificandum antiquam domum^ 
To rebuild the ancient Houfe : For this noble and 
iincient Barony was decay'd, not fo much by hi$ 
Progenitors Prodigality, as his Father's obftinate 
Addiction to the Study and Praftice of Alchimy, 
by which he fo long labour'd to increafe his Revcr 
nues^ till he had almoft fully confumed them. 
Now to the Purpofe, let us obferve how he fulfilled 
this ominous Prefage, in rebuilding that noble 
Houfe, till by his untimely Death the fame was fa- 
tally eclipfed again. 

He was of Stature tall, and of very comely Pro- 
portion, his Skin fair, with little Hair on his Bo- 
dy, which Hair was of Colour blackiih (or incli- 
ning 



Chap.I. 0/ IRELAND. 105 

ning to black), and thin on his Head, where he 
wore it Ihort, except a Lock under his left Ear, 
which he nourifhed the Time of this War, and 
being woven up, hid it in his Neck under his 
Ruft : The Crown of his Head was in his latter 
Pays fomething bald, as the Forepart naturally 
curled ; he only ufed the Barber for his Head, for 
the Hair on his Chin (growing flowly) and that on 
his Cheeks and Throat, he ufed almoft daily to cut 
it with his Sciffars, keeping it fo low with his own 
Hand that it could fcarce be difcemed, as likewifc 
himfelf kept the Hair of his upper Lip fomething 
fhort, only fufFering that under his nether Lip to 
grow at length and mil j yet fome two or three Years 
before his Death he nourifhed a fharp and fhortPikc- 
devant on his Chin. His Forehead was broad and 
high; his eyes great, black, and lovely j hisNofc 
fomething low and fhort, and a little blunt in the 
End 5 his Chin round ; his Cheeks fiill, round, 
and ruddy ; his Countenance chcarful, and as ami- 
able as ever I beheld of any Man, only fome two 
years before his Death, upon Difcontcntment, his 
Face grew thin, his ruddy Colour failed, grow- 
ing fomewhat fwarthy, and his Countenance was 
fad anddeiedted; his Arms were long and of pro- 
portionable Bignefs > his Hands long and white j 
his Fingers great in the End, and hrs Legs foipe- 
what little, which he gartered ever above the 
Knee, wearing the Garter of St. George^s Order 
under the left Knee, except when he was booted, 
andfo wore not that Garter, but a blue Ribbon in- 
Head thereof above his Knee, and hanging over his 
Boot. 

The Defcription of his Apparel may be thought 
aneedlefs Curiolity, yet muft I add fome few Words 
thereof, becaufe having promifcd the lively Por- 
traiture of his Body, as well as his Mind, the fame 
cannot otherwife be fo lively reprefented to the Ima- 
gination I bcfides, that by his Cloaths fome Difabi- 

lities 



io6 MoRYSou'i Hiftory Pookl, 

lities of his Body to undertake this hard War may 
i)e conje6tured, and efpecially the Temper of his 
Mind may be lively fhadowed, fince the Wife-man 
Juth taught us, that the Apparel in fome Sort 
fhews the Man. His Apparel in Court and Cities 
was commonly of white orblackTaffatas orSattins, 
and he wqre two (yea, fometimes three) Pairs of 
ijilk Stockings, with black Silk Grogr^ Clocks; 
guarded, and RufFs of comely Depth and Thick- 
nefs (never wearing any falling Band), hiafk Bea? 
ver Hats with plain black Bands, a TafFata quilted 
Waftecoat in Summer, a fcarlet Waftecoat, an^ 
fometimes both in Winter : But in the. Country, 
and fpeci;^lly keeping the Field in Ireland^ (yea, 
fcunetimes in the Cities), he wore Jerkins and round 
Hofe (for he never wore other Falhion than^ound) 
with laced Panes of ruflet Cloth, and Cloaks of 
the fame Cloth lined with Velvet, and white Bea- 
ver Hats with plain Bands 5 and befides his ordinary 
Stockings of Silk he wore under Boots another 
Pair of Woollen or Woxfted, with a Pair of high 
Linnen Boot-hofe, yea^^ three Waftecoats iq cold 
Weather, and a thick Ruff, befides a RuffetScarflF 
about his Neck thrice folded under it ; fo as I nevdf 
obferved any of his Age and Strength to keep his 
Body fo warm. He was very comely in all his Ap- 
parel, but the Robest of St. George's Qrder becanj^ 
him extraordinarily well. 

For his Diet, he ufed to fare plentifully and of 
the befl, and as his Means increafed, fo his Table 
was better ferved, fo that in his latter Time no Lord 
in England might compare with him in that Kind 
of Bounty. Before thefe Wars he ufed to haiVC 
nourifhing Breakfaits, as Ponadoes and Booths ^ 
but in the Time of the War he ufed commonly to 
break his Fail with a dry Cruft of Bread, and in the 
Spring Time with Butter and Sage, with a Cup of 
ftale Beer, wherewith fometimes in Winter he 
would have Sugar and Nutmeg mixed. He fed 

plentifully 



Chap.I. ^/IRELAND. lor 

plentifully both at Dinner and Supper, having the 
choiceft and moft nouiiihing Meats, with the beil 
Wines, which he drunk plentifully, but never in 
great Excefs > and in his latter Years (efpecially 
in the Time of the War, as well when hisNight- 
fleeps were broken, as at other Times upon full 
Diet) he ufed to fleep in the Afternoons, and that 
long, and upon his Bed. He took Tobacco abun- 
dantly, and of the bell, which I think preferved 
him from Sicknefs, (efoecially in Ireland^ where 
the foggy Air of the Bogs, and waterifh Fowl, 
plenty of Fifh, and generally all Meats with the 
common Sort always unfalted and green roaftcd,^ 49 
moft prejudice the Health), for he was very feldom 
iick, only he was troubled with the Head-ach^ 
which duly and conftantly like an Ague for many 
Years, till his Death, took him once every three 
Months, and vehemently held him fome three Days, 
and himfelf in good Part attributed, as well the re- 
ducing of this Pain to thefe certain and diftant 
Times as the Eafe he thereii^ found, to the Virtue 
of this Herb. He was very neat, loving Cleanli* 
nefs both in Apparel and Diet, and was fo modefl: 
in the Neceflities of Nature, as myfelf being at all 
Hours (but Time of fleep) admitted into his 
Chamber, and (I think) his moft familiar Friend* 
never heard or faw him ufe any Liberty therein, out 
of the Privilege of his private Chamber, except 
perhaps in Irijh Journics, where he had no wita- 
drawing Room. 

The tender ufing of his Body, and his dainty . 
Fare before the Wars, gave Tj'^^?;/^ Occafion, upon 
hearing of his coming over, to jcft at him, as it all 
OccaUons of doing Service would be palt e're he 
could be made ready and have hisBreaktaft, but by 
woful Experience he found this Jefting to be the 
Laughter of Solomon's Fool. His Behaviour wa> 
courtly, grave, and exceeding comely, efpecially 
in A&ions of folemn Pomps. In his Nature he 

loved 



10? Moryson'^ Hiftory Book I. 

loved private Retirednefs, with good Fare, and 
fome few choice Friends. He delighted in Study, 
in Gardens, anHoufe richly furniflied, and delec- 
table for Rooms of Retreat, in riding on a Pad to 
take the Air, in playing at Shuffle-board, or at 
Cards, in reading Play-books for Recreation, and 
efpecially in fifhing and Fifh-ponds, feldom uling 
any other Exerciles, and ufing thefe rightly as 
Paftimes, only for a fhort and convenient Time, 
and with great Variety of Change from one to 
the other. He was undoubtedly valiant and wife. 
He much affeded Glory and Honour, and had a 
great Defire to raife his Houfe, being alfo frugal in 
gathering and faving, which in his Tatter Days de- 
clined to V ice, rather in greedy gathering, than in 
reftraining his former Bounties of Expence : So 
that howfoever his Retirednefs did alienate his 
Mind from all A6kion, yet his Defirc of Honour 
and Hope of Reward and Advancement by the 
Wars, yea, of returning to this Retirednefs after 
the Wars ended, made him hotly embrace the 
forced Courfe of the War j to which he was fo fit- 
ted by his Wifdom, Valour, and Frugality, that 
in fhort Time he became a Captain no lets wife, 
wary, and deliberate in Council, than chearfiil and 
boldi in Execution, and more covetous in ifluing 
the publick Trcafure, than frugal in fpending his 
own Revenues: And his Care to preferve his Ho- 
nour, and maintain this Eftatc, made him (though 
coldly) • entertain the like forced Courfe of a State 
CounfeUor at Home after the Wars. To the ma- 
naging of which Affairs he was no lefs enabled by 
the fame Valour, Wifdom, and many other Vir^ 
tues, had not the Stream of his Nature, prevailed 
to withdraw him from attending them, further than 
to the only obtaining of thefe his own private Ends. 
But furely thefe Difpofitions of Nature (befides 
others hereafter to be mentioned), and thefe his 
private Ends, made him of all Men mofl fit for 

this 



chap. I. >?/ IRELAND/ 109 

this Irijb Employment, wherein the Queen and 
State longed for an End of the War, and groaned 
under the Burthen of an unfupportable Expence. 

Touching hisaffefting Honour and Glory, I may 
not omit, that his moft tamiliar Friends mult needs 
obferve, the Difcourfes of his Irijh Aftions to 
have been extraordinarily plealingtohim: fo that, 
howfoever he waS not prone to hold Difcourfes 
^ptt Ladies, yet I have obferved him more wil- 
lingly drawn to thofeof this Nature, with which 
the IriJb Ladies entertained him,than into any other. 
And as he had that commendable, yea neceflary 
Ability of a good Captain, not only to fight and 
manage ^the War well abroad, but to write and 
fet forth his Aftions to the full at home, fo I have 
feldom obferved any Omiflion of like Narrations in , 
him, whereof he ufed to delate the more weighty 
fcrioufly, and to mention the fmallelt, atleall by 
way of ajeft. 

Touching his Studies or Bookiflinefs, (by fomc 
imputed to him in detra£):ion of his fitnefs to em- 
brace an active Imployment,) he came young and 
not well grounded firom OAr/brrfUniverfity 5 but in 
his youth at London^ he fo fpent his vacant Hours 
with Scholars beft able to dire£t him, as befides his 
reading in Hiftories, Skill in Tongues, (fo far as 
he could read and underftand the Italianzmd French^. 
though he durft not adventure to fpeak them,) and 
fomuch Knowledge (atleaft in Cofmography and 
the Mathematicks) as might ferve his own Ends 5 
he had taken fuch Pains in the fearch of natural 
Philofophy, as in divers Arguments of that nature 
held by him with Scholars, I have often heard him^ 
(not without marvelling at his Memory and Judg- 
ment) to remember othimfelf the moft material 
Points, the fubtileft Objedions, and the foundcft 
Anfwers. But his chief delight was in the ftudy 
of Divinity, and more efpecially in reading of the 
Fathers and Schoolmen ; For I have heard himfclf 

profefs^ 



t 



no MoRVsoN'f Hifiory BookL 

[irofels, that being in his Youth addifted to Popery, 
b much as through prejudicate Opinion no Writer 
of our Time could have converted him from it, 
yet by obferving the Fathers Confent, and the 
Schoolmens idle and abfurd Diftinftions, he began 
firfl: to diftalle many of their Opinions, and then 
by reading our Authors^ to be confirmed in the 
reformed Dodtrine, which I am confident he 

Erofefled and believed from the Heart, though in 
is innate Temper he was not factious againft the 
Papifts, but was gentle towards them, both in 
Converfation and in all Occafions of Difputati- 
on. And I will be bold to fay, that of a Lay-man, 
he was (in my Judgment) the beft Divine I ever 
heard argue, efpecially for difputing againft the 
Papifts, out of the Fathers, Schoolmen, and a- 
bove all, out of the Written Word, (whereof fome 
Chapters were each Night read to him, befides his 
never intermitted Prayers at Morning and Night.) 
Infomuch as I have often heard him, with ftrange 
felicity of Memory and Judgment, difcover the 
Papifts falfe alledgings of the Fathers, and Texts, 
or Additions , and Omiffions in them, and to urge 
Arguments ftrongly, and (as much as befeemed 
him) Scholar-like, as well in Difcourfes with Jefuits 
and Prietts in Ireland^ (more efpecially at Wattrford^ 
where he made the very feduced Irijh aftiamed of 
them,) as upon divers Occafions with other Papifts 
his Friends. 

Further, in his Nature he was a clofe concealer 
of his Secrets, for which Caufe, leaft they ftiould 
be revealed, and becaufe he loved not to be impor- 
tuned with Suits, a free Speaker, or a popular Man, 
could not long continue his Favourite: He was 
fparing in Speech 5 but when he was drawn to it, 
moft judicious therein, if not eloquent. He ne- 
ver uled fwearing, but rather hated it, which I 
have feen him often controul at his Table with a 
frowning Brow, and an angry caft of his black 

Eye. 



Chap.I. d/ IRELAND- iii 

Eye. He was flow to Anger, but once provoked, 
fpoke home. His great Temper was tooft feen in 
his wife Carriage between the Court Faftions of 
his Time: He was a gentle Enemy, eafily pardon- 
ing, and calmly purfuine Revenge j and a Friend, 
if not cold, yet not to be ufed much out of the 
Highway, and fomething too much referved to- 
wards his deareft Minions > befides that, the 
Strength of his judgment made him fo confident, 
as they had more Power in fecdnding his Councils, 
then in diverting or altering them. To his Ser- 
vants he was mild, feldom reproving them, and 
never with ill Words t for his look ot Difpleafure 
was fufficient to check them, and the beft fort near- 
eft him, did fo well know him, as they ferved and 
obferved him, as much almoft by his Looks as his 
Words. He made no Servant Partner of his Secrets, 
further than his Place ncceflarily gave him Know- 
ledge thereof, neither could any of them lead him, 
or it they did, it was more by art to know his Hu- 
mours, than Power to fway them. I cannot fay 
that he was bountiful to them, fomeof their Places 
drew Profit, which could no more be ftopped, than 
the Miller can ftay the draining of nis Water 
through his Dam Gates j otherwife his Gifts to 
them were rare and fparing, fo as it were above i oo /. 
it was no Morfel for a Servant, yet ftill he kept 
their hopes fo green, as might continue their Dili- 
gence, and at his death he gave looo /. by Will, 
to be divided by his Executors Difcretion among 
them. They who had his Ear, might eafily fea- 
fon him with good or ill Opinion of his Servants 
and Strangers-, by rcafon he drank in their Speeches, 
without uttering them, only his Judgment was ex- 
cellent, to difcern the truth of the Relation, zs 
well out of the Informer's Paffions, as obfervim 
the other's A£tions. He kept his Word in Public! 
Aiffairs inviolably, without which he could never 
have been trufted of the Irijh : But otherwife in his 

Promifes, 



112 Moryson'^ Hifiory BookL 

Promifes, he was dclatory and doubtful, fo as in 
all Events, he was not without an Evafiun. Laft- 
ly, in his Love to Women, (for as wanton Peace 
fucceeds bloody War, fo in the laft period of his 
Life, after the Irijh Wars, Grief of unfuccefsful 
Love brought him to his laft End :) He was faith- 
ful and conftant, if not tranfported with Self- 
love more than the Objc£t, and therein obfti- 
nate. 

This worthy Lord Mountjoy was he, whofe 
known Valour, found Wifdom, grave Conftancy, 
and Angular Temper, two old CounfcUoi'S of /r^- 
/«»iwellobferving, did on their death Bed, (as it 
were by a divining Faculty) pronounce to be the 
Man, by whom j?jr(?//^'s tatal Rebellion, (in which 
their Thoughts and Endeavours had long been 
wearied) was to be fupprefled, if ever the Englijh 
were to recover the Helm of that Government. 
Neither did their Prefage deceive us therein : For 
like another Fabius^ he did by the enfuing deliberate 
and flow Councils, reftore his Country's declining 
Power. 

1. He entertained and cherifhed (efpecially at 
his firil entering the Government, when he was 
yet unskillful in the Affairs of that State and War) 
all a£tive Spirits, whofe Endeavours he faw like 
to be of good ufe in that great Aftion 5 and this he 
did, rather with a pleafing Familiarity, than with 
any large Bounty. 

2. iTie Hearts of the Engtijh common Soldiers, 
broken with a current of dilafterous SucceflTes, he 
heartned and encouraged, by leading them warily, 
efpecially in his firft Adions, being more careful, 
that our Men fliould not be foiled, than that the Re- 
bels fhould be attempted with Boldnefs. To this End 
alfo, and that he might be ever at hand, as well to 
encourage and direct them fighting, as to fecond 
them by any accident difmayed, he bravely adventu- 
red bis Perlon, more than in the opinion of Military 

wile 



wifeMen^ aGraeral ihould ordinarily hAzardhim* 
felf (howloever I muft confel% the nature of thct 
Irifi fightsj nudntained upon PaiTagesi by fuddeq 
Eruptions of hidden Rogues^ doth moreexpofe the 
General to thefe Dangers^ than any other War.) 
And fuch was his fbrwardnefs, as his Lordihip^s Ser-; 
vants may without O&nce boldly fay, they were a 
fmall Part of this grdat A&ion< For howfoevet 
we had neither ftipend in the Wars with the Sol« 
dier^ nor Penfions with them aftei* the War end-* 
ed, yet by reafon of this oUr Lord's Extraordinary 
forwardnefs to put himfelf into Danger, and foi^ 
that the Rebels ufd moil commonly to aflault upon 
Woody Paces, and difficult Paflages, where every 
Man muft needs be in Danger, and they mUft who 
ride in the beft Troop^ itcouldnotbebutthat w* 
ihould have our ihare in the Adventure of our Per* 
fons. And left I ihould feem to arrogate that to 
ttiyfelf and my Fellows, which is not due to us^ 
the Event may clear this Point. Since in this ihort 
War (not to ipeak of many leis Dangers,) my Lord 
himfelf had his Horfe ihot under him, his dhllo'^ 
glafs carrying his Helmet, had the fame bruifed with 
the graiing of a Bullet upon it, yea, his Lordihip^s 
very Greyhound, likewiie uiix^ to wait at his Stir-* 
rop, was ihot through the Body. Among hid 
Lordihip 's Chaplains, Do£l:or Lattwan was killed^ 
and Maft. Ram had his Horfe ihot under him. 
Among his Lordihip's Secreuries, Mailer Cranmef 
was killed, andmyielf had my Thigh bruifed with 
a ihot I received in miy Saddle. Among the Gen-* 
tlemen of his Lordihip*s Chamber, Mafter Cbid'^ 
ley had his Horfe killed under him. Mailer Doni 
was ihot in the Leg, and Mafter Saint John^ a Gen-* 
tleman attending near his Lordihip, was killed. 1 
have heard a pleafant report of a General in our Age^ 
who on the contrary was fo ibaring to hazard him* 
felf: As a Gentleman his Follower, hearing Tome 
marvel at a cold Piece of Service perfbnned by 
Vol. I. H bis 



ti4 Mi)*vsoN^i Hifiory Book I. 

bis Mafter, merrily replied for his own excufc, that 
he went to follow his General, and not to go before 
him. But I' will boldly fay, that if our noble 
Lord's Followers did well attend his Perfon, they 
found danger enough without feeking it. But 
enough (andl&artoo much) of this Point, I will 
Aow return to this worthy Lord's Councils, by 
which he effeffccd this great Work. 

3. The Rebels being fwoln to the height of 
Pndc by their full Numbers, and much more by 
continual Succefs in their Aftions, he proceeded 
in like fort with them, as formerly with his own- 
Men, at the firft warily tailing them with light 
skirnufhes, yet he fo prudently and bravely purmed 
his Attempts, as he (till carried what he attempt- 
ed. 

4. The wife Diftribution of the Forces availe4 
him much : For firft he planted Garrifons upon the 
chief -Rebels Countries, as likewife he compailed 
Tyrone on every Side with them, which kept the 
Rebels at home, fo as they could not fecond one an- 
other, for fear of lofing their own Goods. 

f . And whereas other Deputies ufed to make 
fome two or three Journies in a Summer againfk 
the Rebels, and then did lead a great Army with 
them. And whereas this kind of Service never 
took any good EfFc6b, as well becaufe the Bruit 
thereof came long before to the Rebels, as be- 
caufe thefe great Forces could not long be kept 
together. So as the Rebels hearing the Bruit of 
any fuch Journey, took Vi6kuals with them for 
certain Days, and aflembling themfelves together, 
did lie upon the Bogs and hard Paflfages, where 
without Danger to themfelves, they were able to 
annoy the greateft Army could be led againft them. 
This noble Lord MouMjoy on the contrary, (as I 
faid) by Garrifons keeping them at home, him- 
felf kept the Field with fome thoufand Foot and 
zoo Horfe (whereof my felf have many times ob« 

ferved 



fcrved the greater Part to be Bngtijb Irljh^ and not 
only was able to affront T^yrone himfelf (fpccially 
fince the Garrifons lying upon his Country drew 
towards him at the fame time, on all Sides toge-^ 
ther,) but alfo (by reafon of his fingular Secrecy^ 
in keeping his Purpofes unknown, and caitm^ 
out fabe Reports or them to deceive the Rcbcl^ 
had the Opportunity to aflail and fpoil any one of 
the Rebels on the fudden, . while he kept all the 
reft like dared Larks in continual fear, as well of 
himfelf, as of the Garrifons adjoining. 

6. Again, where other Deputies ufcd td afTail 
the Rebels only in Summer time, this Lord pro- 
fecuted them moft in the Winter, being common* 
ly five Days at leaft in the Week on Hoffeback, 
all the Winter long. This brake their Hearts % 
for the A ir being (harp, and they naked^ and they 
being driven from their Lodgings^ into the Woods 
bare of Leaves, they had no Shelter for themfelvef . 
Befides that, their Cattle (giving them no Milk 
in the Winter) w6re alfo wafted by driving toandl 
fro. Add that they being thus troubled in the 
Seed-time, could not fow their Ground. And a9 
in Harveft-time, both the Deputies Forces, and 
tHfe Garrifons, cut down their Com, before it was 
ripe, fo now in Winter-time they carried away^ 
or butnt all the Stores of Viftuals in fecrct Places, 
whether the Rebels had conveyed them. 

7. Again, he had a fpecial Care to cut dowa 
and clear the diflScult Paflages, that fo our Forces 
might with more Safety meet together, and upon 
all Occafions (econd one another. 

8. For Prote£Hons and Pardons (the cafy obtain- 
ing whereof had formerly incouraged the Rebels^ 
as well to enter into Rebellion, as to break their 
Faith after SubmiflSons, in hope to be again re- 
ceived to Mercy,) although it was ncceliary for 
the State in this general Rebellion. likeaMothcf^ 
€0 open her Bofotn to her Children, left being 

H 2b driven 



ii6 ' Mo&ysom'x Hiftory Book I. 

driven to DcTpair^ they fhould plunge themfelves 
into dl Mifchicfs, yet he never received any to 
Mercy, but fuch as had fo drawn Blood on their 
fellow Rebels, and were themfelves made fo poor, 
as there was (mail Danger ^of their felanfe. To 
which end he forbad all Conferences ana Parleys 
with the Rebels, by Pretence whereof many trea- 
cherous Plots had formerly been drawn, by the 
(al&-hearted Subje£b, and many Corruptions 
had been pradifed by fome covetous Com- 
manders. But to fuch as were received to Mercy, 
(that he mi||[ht take awav the Diffidence they had 
long conceived of the State,) he kept his Word 
inviolable. 

p. And whereas thefe rebellious People, are by 
Nature clamorous ^which made them tedious in 
Complaints,) and alio ufe great Oppreffion under 
the Shadow of Juftice, (which made them con- 
tinusdly importune the Governors with Petitions* 
which being ligned by them, gave thofe Irifo 
Lords a Shadow of Authority to oppre(s the Peojple^ 
by ihewing thcGovernor'sHand,and concealing the 
Matter to w'hich he fubfcribed. This worthy Lord 
Deputy, for their Encouragement inthefirir,ufed 
lingular Patience in hearing their tedious Com^ 
plaints, and for the fccond, gave them fuch dila- 
tory Anfwers, as might well hearten them in Obe- 
dience, but could no way ftrengthen their Tyran- 
ny over the poor People. 

10. To conclude, nothing furthered this noble 
Lord more in his Defigns, tnan his Angular Tem* 
per, not fo much in Secrecy, and in Sparingnds 
of Speech (though many neat Captains nave 
hindered their Proceedings by lettic^ fall niih 
Speeches,) as more efpecially in Court FaAions : 
For he ufed in fuch fort the familiar Love of the 
Earl of Effix^ in his doubtful Courfes, as he not 
only kept him from entertaining dangerous Coun^ 
fels, fo long he lived with him in Ea^land^ but de? 

meaned 



Chap.I. of IRELAND. 117 

meaned ' himfelf towards his Enemies with fuch 
Moderation, as he little provoked their Envy, yea, 
rather gained an Inclination of their good Affe^i* 
on towards him. So as they at this time govern* 
ing all the Affairs in England^ were ready to give 
all poffible Seconds to his Ends, which (as I for* 
merly fhewed) did aim at nothing but the fpeedy 
End of this War. By thcfe Counfels this worthy 
Lord reftored the declining State of Ireland^ from 
the defperate Terms wherein he now found it, 

I have before fet down, in the Earl of Efex h\$ 
Government, the Power of the Rebels, through 
all the Provinces of Inland^ and have ihewed, 
that at his Lordfhip's leayiag that Kingdom, the 
fame was nothing aoated, and from that time, the 
Rebels were in all Parts increafed. The Moun* 
tain Rebels in the County of Duhlimy ^ 
then 480 Foot, 20 Horfe, now by the sSaigSr* 
going out of the IValJhes and Harrols 
were increafed 100. In the County of KiJdare\ 
the Rebels then in Number iio Foot, and 30 
horfe, were now more than doubled, by the going 
out of the Bremingbams J all the Liynaghs^ and ma* 
ny of other Septs. In the two Counties of Cd* 
theriougb and tVexford^ the Rebels then 75*0 Foot 
and f p Horfe, were now increafed an hundred. 
In the County of Ofbaly^ five ftrong Caftles then 
held by the Englijbj were now betrayed, and above 
45S Foot, and ix Horfe then were in Rebellion, 
but now Mc^ Ceugbtan was gone out with zoq 
mor^ and the 6Doins with 100 more, wercf now 
in Rri^ellion. In the County of Meatb the Rebels 
were increafed in Number ifo; by the Delabides^ 
the RgcbfordSj Huffies^ and Dareies. And beyond 
the River, Cvuft.Jobn iReilly, having then 100 
Foot in her Majefty's Pay, well armed, was now 
revolted. lathe County of fTifi^Meatby the Re* 
bels then 140 Foot and 20 Horfe, were now in« 
creaied 100 at leaf^ by the Revolt of the eldeft 

H 3 Son 



ii% MoRy'soN*5 Hijlory Book!, 

Son of Willtam NUgent^ fccond Brother to the 
Lord of D^luin^ with divers of the Petties and 
Daltons. In the County of Longford ^ the Rebels 
then 110 Foot, were now increifed 1803 fo the 
Rebels in Leinfier being then in the wholie Num? 
ber 3048 Foot, and i8t Horfe, were now in? 
created 1 180, ^nd made in all 4f 10. 
. For the Province of Munfter^ Tyrone in his prei- 
fent Journey thither, taking Pledges of almoftall 
thp Iriflf Lojrds and Gentlemen, the Number of 
the Rebels were now there iiicreafed beyond Efti? 
^nation. 

For the Province of Connaugbf^ theRcbebwers 
increafed 500, by the Revolt of 6 Connor SUgo^ 
tefides the Uncertainty of Tybot ne Long^ who had 
100 Irijh Men in her Majefty*s Pay. 
. Se as at this time, I may boldly fay, the RebeU 
lion was the grcatcft Strength. Thfe mecr Irijb 

Suf^ed up with good Succefs, and blouded with 
appy Encounters, did boldly keep the Field, and 
proualy difdain the EngliJhV or c^: Great Part of 
the Engltjh IriJh were in open A&ion of Rebelli- 
on, and moft Part of the reft, temporifed with 
the State, openly profefling Obedience, that 
they might live under the Proteftion there- 
pf, but fecretly relieving the Rebels, and praflifing 
with them for their prefent and future Safeties. 
Among the Englijh^ the worthy Generals of this 
Age, partly by this fatal War, partly by the Fac- 
tions at home, were fo wafted, as tnc Deft Judg- 
ments could harldly find out aiiy Man fit to comr 
mand this Army in; chief. The EngUjb common 
Soldiers, by Loiofenefs of Body, the natural Sick- 
iicfs of the Country,' by the Poverty of the War 
in which nothing was to be gained but Blows, and 
by the late Defeats^ wherein great Numbers of 
tiiem hadperiihcd, were altogether out of Heart. 
The Colonels and Commanders, tlhough many in 
Iffumbcr, and great ia Courage and Experience^ 



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Chap.I. of IRELAND. 119 

yet by thefe Confiderations of the Araiy's Wcak- 
nefs, were fomevf hat dejeded in Mind. Yea, the 
very Councellors of State were fo diffident,, as 
fome of them in late Conferences with ^yrone^ 
had defcended (I know not upon what Warrant) 
to an abje6t Intreaty for a ihort Ceflation. N6t 
to fpeak of the general Diftraftion of the Hearts 
of ail Men in England^ aild much more of the Sol- 
diers, by the Factions of this Age, between the 
worthy Earl of -E^x now imprifonedand his Ene- 
mies, able to ruin a great Kingdom, much more 
to divert the Succefs of any great Aftion. And 
the general Voice was of TLyrone among the £»g- 
lijh^ after the Defeat pf Blackwater^ as of Hannibal 
among the Romans^ after the Defeat of Cuennafi 
Tbou knoweft how to overcome : but thou knoweft not 
bow to ufe Fidory. To conclude, not only the 
remote Parts, but the very Heart of the Kingdom 
now languifhed under the Contagion of this Re- 
bellion. Leax and Opbalia being poflTefled by the 
i Mores^ and the 6 Connors > and the Glynns or 
mountainous Country on the South- Weft Side 
of Dublin^ being in the Hands of the 6 Byrns and 
and 6 looles^ (and more remotely of the Cavanaghs^ 
who nightly made Excurfions to the very Gates 
of the City, giving Alarm of War to the long- 
;own*d Senate, and (as it were) to the Chair of 

.ftate. In this mifer^le Eftate was Ireland j when 
the Lord Mountjoy^ like a good Planet, with a ' 
fortunate Afped began to ihine thereon, whofe 
happy Adions I wifi now fet down particularly, 
yet as briefly as I can. 

The loth of January J towards the . 
End of the Year ifpp, the Lords of ^^«W- 
Enghnd fignified by their Letters, to the Lord 
Archbiihop of Dublin^ and Sir George Carey Trea- 
furer at War, which were then Lords Juftices of 
that Kingdom, that from that Day forward, the 
Entertainment due to them as Lords JufticeS| 

H 4 ihould 



{hould ceafe. and bt conlerred on Charles Blount 
l^ord Mimntjoj^ whpm her Majcfiy had oi^e ]^or4 
Deputy. 

And now Tyrone (whp hifhertq had poptaincd 
fiimfelf in the North, only making ihort 
Excurfions from (hence ^nto ^hc Pale,) being prou4 
of Vi&ories, and defirous to (hew hjs Oreatnef:^ 
abroad, refolved with his Forces to mcafure the 
length of Jretandj and to the End he might, by 
bis Prefcncc ftrcngthen, and increafe the Rebel* 
^on in Munfter (which in Abfence by Pia^ice^ 
he ha4 raifed,) under the reUgious Pretence of vi- 
fiting a Piece of Chrift's Crbls^ kept for a holy 
Relick in the Monaftry of the holy Crofs in the 
County of fipperaryy he entred this Journey abou( 
jhc loth of JantMry. On i;he 13d the Rebels of 
Brenny met him in the Cavan^ trom wnence he 
marched forward, taking the Rebels of jLf/n/^ in 
his Company, and lj»iding with him fome lyoo 
f*oof and ioo Horfe, leading the Rellof his Forces, 
and the Gentlemen of the Norfh to guard thcrfe 
Pan;s. The Intent of his Journey, was xo let a^ 
great Combuftion as he qould in Munfter^ and fq 
taking Pledges of the Rebels, to leave them un^ 
^er the Command of one chief Head. 

^his Month of January^ her Majefty iigned 
that AVarrant, which is vulgarly callM the greai| 
\V arrant for Ireland^ whereby Authority is given 
to the Lord Treafurer and Chamberlain of the Exr 
ibequer in Emhnd^ that according to an £ftabliih« 
micnt, after iligned by her Majefty the i ft of Fe- 
irt^ry, and to begin that Day, (wherein the Arr 
my is reduced to iiooo Foot, and izoo Horfe,) 
they fliould pay to the Treafurer at Wars for /r^- 
1an4 fuch Sums, as ihould be iigned by fix of the 
Privy-Council of England^ the Lord Treafurer, 
the principal iSecretary, and the Under-Treafurer 
always beingthrce of them. Secondly, above the 
^00 1, for Extraordinaries therein mentioned, to 

pay 



^> 



Cbaf.1. »/ IRELAND. iii 

y him fuph Sums as fbould by the fame be llgnecL 
hirdly, to pay in like fort according to an Efta- 
blifhment or tf'A of Officers and others npt con* 
tained in the former Eftabliihment, it not excell- 
ing yearly ifoool, which Lift was then to be 
iigned by the I^ords of her Majefty's Council. 
Fourthly, to pay in like fort divers Officers pay- 
able out of the Revenues^ in cafe the Revenues 
extended not to pay them. Fifthly, to pay in 
}ike fort all Sums for reinforcing the Army, for 
Levies of Men for condu&ing, tranfporting, and 
vi£ku^ing them at Sea, according to the Rates (^ 
the firft E^ftabliibment* 

fh EftabUJbment figned by hit Majeftyj the ift af 

Froruary, ifpp. 
The Lotd Deputy^s Entertainment to be paid 
according to the Lift after following, which Lift 
was to be figned by the Lords. Officers of the 
Army J Lieutenant of the Army pr diemy 3/. 
Serjeant Major /^ i^/f Mr, i/. Comptroller Genetal 
of the Vi£tuals, perdiem^ 10 s. Four CommifTaries^ 
of Viduals, whereof three at 6 s. per diem^ zai, 
the fourth at Ss. per diem. Twelve Colonels, each 
at 10 s. per diem. A Provoft Marflial for Lough- 
foyle^ another for Ballyjhannony each at 4^. per 
diem. 
Summa per Atmum^ 44f 3 /. ^ 

The pav of 300 Horfe, divided into fix Bands, 
each Bana confifting of fo, viz. the Captain 45. 
per diemy Lieutenant, zs. 6d. per diemy Cornet, 
z s. per diem y and f o Horfemen at i x. 6 d. per diem 
a*piece. The Pay of xoo Horfe, divided into four 
Bands, each Band confifting of f o, viz. Captain, 
45. per diemy Lieutenant, zs. 6d. per diemy Cor- 
net, z s. per diem y and f o Horfemen at i i. 3 d. 
z-'piccc per diem. The Pay of 700 Horfe, divided 
into 14 Bands, each Band confifting of f o, viz. 
Captain, 4X. per diemy Lieutenant, zs. 6d. jDjQr* 

diem^ 



122 MortsonV Hifiory BookL 

gBem^ Cornet^ ts. per diem^ 5*0 Horfemen at i s. 
%']fi€cc perJiem. 
\, Summa per Arnium^ 2.9273 /. 

The Pay of 1 2000 Footmen, divided into i lo 
Bands, each Band confifting of 100 Heads, vix. 
Captain, 41. per diem ^ Lieutenant, zs. per diemy 
Enfign, IX. 6d. per diem j two Serjeants, a Drum, 
and a Surgeon, at i s. a-piece per diem > and P4 
Soldiers, and 6 dead Pays, at 8 d. z-piece per diem. 

Summa per Amtmn^ 171 i8f /. 

Extraorainaries, viz. for fending of Letters, 
hiring of Barks, for pafTaj^e pf Packets, for Gifts 
and Rewards, for Eipys nom abroad or at home. 
Carriage of Treafure, Vifhial, or Munition, and 
the like, 6f^. for a whole Year, 4000 /• 

Summa totalis per Annum^ 2o8pi i . 

The Lord Mount joy haftened away from Court, 
did not ftay for the Lords figning of the above- 
mentioned fecond Eftabliihment, as a thing of or- 
dinary Courfe continued for many Years, with little 
or no Alteration. And being now in this Jour- 
ney towards Ireland^ the i oth of February he wrote 
to Mafter Secretary from Daintry^ intreating him, 
that whereas her Majefty, notwithflauding the 
ccMitrary Opinion of all achnitted to that Conful- 
tation, had reduced the Army to i looo Foot, and 
that he found by Letters from the Council and 
other Commanders in Ireland^ a general concurring 
in Opinion, that thefe Forces were not fufficient 
(cTpecially fince the Plantation of Lougbfoyle and 
fiallyjhamton Garrifons were prefently to be made, 
and that Tyrone was now Mafter of the Field, ha* 
ving led his Forces in Perfon as far as Munfter^ he 
would move her Majefty to give him Power, to 
retain i or 2000 in Lift, of thofe EngUJby which 
otherwife he was to caft. 



mke 



Chap.L tf/JRELAND* 113 

^e above-^mentioned fecond Eftablijhment^ or Lift of 
divers OjSicers and Servitors^ not contained in the 
former EftabliJhtHent^ 'which Lift was figned by 
the Lords the iitb of February, the End of the 
Tear J if pp. 

THELordDcputy*s ordinary Enter- OficanGo; 
tainment per menfem^ lool. per "^' 
annum J 1 300/. to him tor a Band of Horfemen in 
his Family, 4/. 41. per diem % to him for f o Foot* 
men in his Family, %d. zMzn per diem % theTreai" 
farcr zt Wzx per diem^ i/. ifs. theMarihalatf x* 
p d. per diem i the Mafter of the Ordnance fet 
diem^ 1 1- i s. 8 d. Note, that the above-name^ 
as alfo the chief Governors of Provinces under- 
name^jl, had befifles in the Armv the Command of 
a Band of Foot, or Horfe, or both. Divers Mi* 
nifters of the Ordnance per diem^ il. fs.zd. 
Mufter-mafter, zs. Sd. per diem. 

Summaper Annum^ fi^7^' 7^* ^^^^ 

The Lord Prefident per annum 133/. •-- 
his Diet at i o /. a Week, and fo per ^^'*^^' 
annum^ f 20 /. His Guard of Horfe and Foot at i /• 
10 /. 7s.\ per diem. Chief Jyx&iccper annum^ 100/. 
SecoiKl Juftice 66 /. \xs. 4^. Queen's Attorney, 
13/. 6 s. Sd. Clerk or the Council, 10 /. Provoft 
Marfhal, 2ff /. 10 s. 

Summa per Annumj 1667/. 8y. x^/.^. 

Governor of Connaugbt per diem J 10 s. . 

for Increafe per annum^ 100 1. Chief ^^*"«**^- 
Jufticc per amum^ roc /. for his Diet 40 /. Clerk 
of the Council, 20/. for his Diet, 20/. Provoft 
Marfhal, 102/. 13 x. id. \^ befldes 12 Horfe out 
of the Army. . 

Summa per Annum^ f6f I. 35. id.^. 

Governor at Lough foyle per diem^ 41. ...- . 
4rf. befides his Entertainment as a Co- ^* 

lonel. 



124 MaRysoN^y Hiftory BookL 

lonel. Governor of Carrickfergus and Dundalk no 
Entertainment, but as Coloneb of tiie Army. 

Summa per Jfmum^ 60 1. 16 s. Sd. 
j^M^ Governor of the ^een's-Countyj at 6 s. 
^^"^ %L per diem. Provoft Marfhal of the hx- 
my per diem ^ 4.S. ^d. Provoft Marflial of Z>i;^^fr, 
fs. yd. per diem. And to both Provolts, Hories 
to be am^ned out of the Army, at the Lord De* 
puty's DiTcretion. 

Summaper jinnumj 301 /. is. yd. 

Warders in divers Provinces, 30 ji/. yd.^. 
Penfioners 44, at4/. 19s.zd.per diem. Almfmen 14, 
at 6 d. Sifo a-piece per diem. Commiflfaries of 
Mufters lo, at 6 x. 8 d. a-picce per diem. 

Summa per Ammim^ liizl. fs. 6d. 

Summa totalis per Anmtmy i^offl. 45. Sd.i. 

The (ame Day this Lift was ugned, being the 
lith of February^ the Lords by their Letters to 
the Lord Deputy (being vet in £)i^/tfiMf, but newly 
gone from London j and in nis Way towards Irelimd^ 
appointed that the Ships of Briftoly which had 
traniborted iioo Foot from thence to Dttbliny 
ihould there be ftayed, to the End they might 
tranfport 1000 Men, which were to be fent from 
DubUny to meet with 3000 more fent out of £«^* 
land^ out of which the Garrifon of Carricifergus 
was to be ftrengthened, and a new Garrifon plant* 
ed at Lougbfoyle. 

The Lord Mountjoy Iving at Wefiebefter for a 
Paflage into Ireland^ and there receiving Notice^ 
that the imprifoned Earl of Effex had figned a 
Submiilion to the Queen, whereupon her Maje- 
fty began to be inclined to (hew him Mercy, <fi- 
rwked his Letters thence the. 1 8th of February to 
Sir Robert Cecily Secretary of State, therein avow« 
ing, that as his Love made him interefted in that 
n(2>le Earl's Fortunes, fo he would thankfully ac* 
knowledge from him fuch favour, as he ihould be 
pleafed to ihew that diftrefied Earl, withal |pro- 

tefting^ 



Chap.I. <?/IRELANDa iij 

tefting, that he would always be a free Man, and 
Slave to no Man^s Humour; but as he in this /r{/Sft 
Imploytnent expe&ed all favourable Seconds from 
him (according to his noble Promife, whereupon 
his Hopes chiefly relied,) fo he would ever beho- 
neft and thankful towards him in all Occafions. And 
upon thefe Terms all exchange of good Officei 
pafled between this Lord Deputy and Mafter So- 
cretarv, till the fatal Death of that noble Earl of 
EJfex nereafter to be mentioned, and the Lord De- 

guty 's Participation oPYhat Ruin, made him change 
is Stile, and never to ceafe, till he had confirm* 
cd a near Friendihip between himfelf and the Se- 
cretary, at leaft as intire, as Greatnefs admits, as 
hereafter fhall be ihewed. 

The KJth of February^ the Lord De- ^, 

puty landed in Ireland j and there recei- prdfident of 
ved the Sword, and withia few Days, uimfin. 
by Warrant out of England^ he grant* 
ed her Majefty's Letters Patents to Sir Georff 
CareWj to oe Lord Prefident of Munfterj whic^ 
Place had lain void fome few Months, from the 
Death of Sir nomas Norris. The 17th he rt- 
cdved Adyertifement from the Earl of Ormondy 
General of the Englijb Forces till his coming over, 
that I'none was in the Weft Part of Munfter^ ha* 
ving about him not only his own Forces, but thofe 
of the Rebels of that Province, which were fo 
reat, as he had not hitherto Power to oppofe them : 
lut now having gathered all the Queen's Forces he 
could make, purpofed the next Aiomin^ to fi^ 
forwards towards nim. The f th oi March his Lord* 
ihip received Advertifement from other Parts, that 
Tyrom could not efcape in his Return to the Nortl;t, 
but either ovn* theRiver Sbanwrt^ which Pailafid 
the Earls of Tl^amond and Cknaickard might eauly 
ftop, or bv the Wdlward Borders of the Pale, 
where if his Lordihip would draw his Forces tp 
^tbl^f AMUf^aff Battymmt^ and JtblofH^ it was 

not 



ii6 MorvsonV fttfidry j^obkif. 

not poffible for him to efcapc them. That Tyrone 
had thus engaged himfelf, prefuming on the Cor- 
ruption of the State, and littleexpectinghisLord- 
ihip*5 fo fudden coming over, loasif hisLordfliip 
forgave him this Fault, he was not like to catch 
him again in the like, neither could any thing but 
^want of Intelligence, ;nake his Lprdfliip fail in 
ftopping the Return of Tyrone^ and his Forces 
into the North. Advifing his Lordfliip to be Vra- 
ry in crediting Intelligences, which were com- 
monly falfe, and madeotPurpofe, and to expe6t, that 
befides the known Enemy, and a confuted War, 
he {hould find a broken State, a dangerous Coun* 
cil, and falfe hearted Subje£b. The 8 th of March 
the Earl of Ormond fent Advertifement, that Ty^ 
rone purpofed to pafs the River Shannon. That he 
had written to tne Earl of 7*homond to draw to- 
wards him, that they might oppofe his Paff^e^ 
but that his Lordfliip could not perform his Or- 
der, by reafon that the Mayor of Limerick would 
not afford him Carriage for his Vi£hials. That 
Tyrone in fcattered Troops and a cowardly Manner* 
haflened his Return^ and that prefent Day had 
marched 24 Miles, without any Stay. That Sit 
fParham St Leger^ and Sir Henry Fower^ joiht 
Commifliohers for governing of Munfter^ with 
the Forces under their Charge, had met near Cork 
with Hugh Mac GwirCy chief Lord of Fermanagh 

i in the North) and that in the Eilcounter Sir War* 
^am St.Legery and the faid Mac Gwire were killed. 
That his Lordfhijp had burned all the Towns where 
the Traitors mijght find Relief, and that they ufed 
the fame Courlc towards her Majefty*s Subjcfts. 
The fame Day the Lord Deputy Tcceived further 
Advertifement from Munfter^ that Tyrone was com- 
pafTed in by the Earl of Ormond^ on the otieSide^ 
and the Earl of Thomond on the other, and by the 
Commiffioners Forces on the third Side^ (who ruled 
the Province after the Death of Sir Thomas Norrir^ 

until 



ChapJ. 0/ IRELAND. 117 

until.a Lord Prefident fhould be chofen, for he 
that was newly fent over, was yet at Dublin ^} 
that the Mayor of Limerick had Commandment to 
lay Ships and Boats, to hinder his PaiTageby that 
Haven, as likewifc the Mayor of Gahvay to inter- ^ 
rupthisPaflagebySea, and the Earl of Clanrickardj | 
to ftop his Paflage by Land through Connaugit. \ 
Soashowfoeverhcwereyoooftrong and able Men, 
befides many of baler fort, yet he being hr from 
any Second of Ulfter Men, in whom the chief 
Strength of the Rebellion confided, and no way 
able to return thither, his utter Confufion was 
confidently hoped. But thefe were only Irifi 
Oftentations of Service, which feldom ufe to take 
£fFe£t, and many times are not truly intended, as 
the Sequel will mew. 

And leaft the Lord Deputy fhould expe£l: faithful 
dealing of the Englifo Irijh Subje£i: in the other Kind 
of Service, by fupplying the Army of neceflaries, the 
Nobility and Gentiy of the very Englijb Pale, the 
fame Day exhibited a Petition to his Lordfhip, to 
prevent the Opinion of Difloyalty, ujpon Refu&l 
of fuch Supplies, by pretending or Dilability up- 
on the great Spoils, which as well the Rebels, as 
the Englijb Soldiers had made upon all the Inhabi* 
tants. 

The Lord Deputy had writteif a former Letter 
to Mafter Secretary, in excufe of not reducing 
the Army from fourteen thoufand Foot to twelve 
thoufana, according to the new Eftablifhment, as 
well becaufe the fame was to begin the firft o£Febru^ 
40rjf which his Lordihip could not effe£l:, fince he 
arrived not in Ireland until the z6th of the &me 
Month, as alfo becaufe the Army was prefently far 
divided, the greater Part thereof being with the 
Earl of Ormondy and for that, whenfoever they re- 
turned, the difcharged Companies n;iuft prefently 
be reduced into fome other, or elfe fo many Men 
and Arms fhould be meerly loft, as the Lords Juf* 

tices 



ii8 MoRTsoN^f Hifiory Bookl. 

tices had latelv found by Experience, vrhen deter-" 
miniim to cm a Company of ii'o being by Pole 
1 00 of the oldeft and beft Soldiers, with Purpofe 
next Day to deliver them to other Captains^ 
upon the divulging thereof, only three of the 
whole Company with their Arms could be fouud^ 
to be fo tranimitted.) 

To this Letter formerly written, and perfuading 
that the looo might ftill be continued in Pay, his 
Lordfliip received the following Anfwer from 
hcrMajefty, dated the lythof March. 

Elizabeth Regina. 

ALthough we have upon your earnefl: Requeft 
(in whofe Affection and Duty we do repofe 
Truft and Confidence) yielded to the Continu- 
ance of 14000 Foot for (ome fmall Time^ both be- 
caufe we conceive, that according to your RoifoQjs, 
it will give good Afliirance to the Planution of 
Loughfmle^ and the Reduction of X^/i^^r, and pre* 
vent the prefent Terror, which this proud Attempt 
of Tyrone's to pafs over all the Kingdom, hath 
ilricken into tne Hearts of all our Subje&s^ apd 
would increafe, if we fhould prefently have abated 
our Numbers : Yet muft we let you know, that 
we do expe& at ydur Hands, and do determine, that 
as foon as the praient Brutes are pafled, you (h^ de- 
miniih the fame by little and little hereafter, accor- 
ding to our firfl DeterminationrFor we have had too 
good Proof of that Government, as not to know 
and difcern, that all the Mifchiefe of our Service, 
have grown moft by lack of Difcretion and Or- 
der, by vain Joumies, whilft better Opportuni- 
ties have been loft, by undifcreet Carri^es of all 
fecret Purpofc$, by placing Captains of fmall Me- 
rit or Experience, and which is above all, by 
nourifliing the Irijb^ who are Snakes in our Bo« 
foms, wmlft we hold them, and when they are out^ 

do 



chap. I (fl R EL A N Di ; 1 1^ 

do convert upon ourfelves^ the .Experience : a^ 
Strenjgth they have gotten by our making thesatQ 
beSoMiers. And therefore you. Ihall underfta^ 
now, that although we have oeen content to gr^ 
fomefuchas are of noble Houfes, and fuch others 
as have drawn Blood on the Rebels, with charge pf 
Companies, yet we find it now grown to a com-r 
mon Opinion, that it is as good to be a Rebel as a 
Subjedt : For Rebels find and feel it, that they fhaft 
be hired (even with whole Companies, in our Pay^ 
only to forbear doing harm, and not for having* 
done any fuch Service, as may make them irrecon*; 
cilable. And further we fee, that others that ar^ 
in Pay in their own Country, arefo far from doing 
Service on their Neighbours, that are out, as when 
they tarry in for a fhew, they are the chiefeft 
Means under hand, to help the Rebels with fuch 
Powder and Munition, as (to our no fmall charge^ 
we put into their Hands, to be ufed againil them< 
In this Point therefore, we command you hence«»^ 
forth to be confiderate, and not to be induced ta 
put fuch in Pay, as fpend our Treafure only to their 
own Advantage, upon this Suppofition or brag o^ 
theirs, that they muft run to the Enemies if they 
be not entertained : For when we confider the E^' 
fefts that are derived from our Charges, to have fo 
many Foot and Hoiie of the Irijb entertained, on- 
ly to fave their own Cows and Countries, we are 
of opinion, fo they went not with our Arms to 
the Rebels, that it were better Service for u% 
to fave our Treafure, than to pay for their Bodies, 
feeing they that live by the War better th^n they 
ihould do in Peace, intend nothing lefs than out 
Service. And therefore we command you, not 
only toraife no more, whentheife fhall be decay* 
cd, but to keep them unfupplied that are already^ 
and as they wade to cafs tneir Bands : For we 
can never allow of this Entertainment of them. 
Whilft you are forced to keep the ;^oo Men for our 
V o i^. I. I Service^ 



Service, yM m&y k6e]> the Captains uncafled^ 
but not give any Warrant to them to fupply their 
Companies with any more Irijb. We do alfo re- 
cfmtt you, that you do feek by all means poflible, 
where the /r//!& are entertained^ toufe their Service 
as far froin their own Countries as may be j where- 
in we pi-ay you efpecially to take care in the Pro- 
vince of Connaught^ where there are fo many IriJb 
Bands together, and rather to draw fome ot them 
to ferve elfewhere, and fend EngUJh in their ftead. 
This fhall ferve for the Prefent, to anfwer your 
dxfpatch, wherein we do write to you, (whom 
we know to love our Commandments) more direft- 
ly in this Point of our dcfire to have our Charge 
abated, than we do to you and the Council toge- 
ther, becaufe we would have them apprehend^ 
(feeing you think fiich an Opinion would be good,) 
that olkr Army fhall not be fo foon abated, as wc 
hope you will > wherein notwith (landing we do re- 
fer Things to your Difcretion, whom we will 
truft with the Charge of 2000 Men, feeing wc have 
committed to you our whole Kingdom, (^c . 

His Lordfliip in a fecond difpatch to Mafter Se- 
cretary, had written, that Tyrone having pafled 
through the Pale into Munfter with fome if 00 
Horfe and Foot, of fuch fort as fo many of the 
C^een's worft Men were able to encounter them, 
was now in Munfter with an Army of 4000 in Re- 
putation, and was there attended by the Queen's 
Army of 3000 Foot , ]and 300 Horfe, com- 
manded by the Earl of Ormond j fa as only the 
dregs of the Queen's Army were now near him % 
out of which notwithftanding, he hoped to be able 
to draw if 00 Foot, andjoo Horfe, and there* 
with to make head againrf Tyrone at his Return : 
But in Regard the Plantation of Loughfoyk and 
BatUftjannonvrtrt^rtkvixXy commanded him, whc*- 
thcr Sir Henry Dochwra was to fhip 3000 out of 
England^ and another 1 000 were to be (hipped frotn 
Dublin : Thefe 1 000 being Part of the Men he was 

to 



Chap.l e/IRELAKD^ 13 1 

to drawagainft tyrom^ he durft not lend them fcU? 
from the Sea, and fo might perhaps be forced td 
lofe good Occafion of Service, whereas if thefis 
Things had been left to his Diicretion, he would 
have deferred the Plantation of Ballijbannm to z 
Time of more Safety, and with thcfe looo Men 
and their Munition to be fent thither, would now 
attend Tyrone in his Paflage with fo great Advan** 
tage, as he was not likely to find hereafter^ and 
if Tie efcaped, would prelently have put himlelf io 
the head of the Earl of Ormond*s Troops, to pro-* 
fecutehim into the North, and would further have 
advifed Sir Henry Dochwra in his Paflfage from Chef^ 
ter to Loughfoyk, to dclcend at Carrickfergus, and 
thence to take foo old Soldiers, leaving fo many 
new in their room . 

To this Difpatch his X^ordihip received thfl 
Queers gracious Anfwer, by a Letter dated the 
1 6th of this Month, wherein allowing his Begin* 
nings, and approving his Reafons : .The forbearing 
prelently to plant BalUJbannon, and the ordering 
of Z^/i^i&/(y;/^ Plantation, and the difoofing^ Gar- 
rifons aptly ( for the Defence of mch as in that 
Cafe offered to return to due Obedience,) were all 
freely left to hisLord{hip'sDifcretiott,with Promifd 
to make good Conftrucbion of his A&ions, beinj 
confident that they had no other Obje6):, butloys 
Service. 

The Lord Deputy having drawn as many toge^ 
ther as he could about Mullingar, to lye for Tyrom 
in his return out of Munfier, roreived Advertiie« 
ment the i f th of this prcfent, tnat T'yrone hearing 
of hisPreparationstomeethim, nad left i ooo C(7i!^- 
naught JKo%Mes tozSi^ Defmond^ ancHbmeSoo Men 
wiu JSScbard Butler J and having made Captain S^r- 
relj chief Commander of all tne Leinfter Rebels, 
was ftoln out o£MunftenfTiih6oo in hisCompany^,and 
had paflTed the Emtey, and fo efcaped into the North* 

Whereupon the Lord Deputy the fame Dav writ 
to the Earl of Ormond^ to (end oack from munfter^ 

I z the 



i^i" MoRYSON^^ Hijiory BookL 

the Forces he had drawn thither out of Leinfierj 
and withal fent him her Majefty^s Letters, im* 

Sorting Thanks for the Service he had done, and 
er Defire that he woidd ftill hold the Place of Lieu- 
tenant of the Army. In the Acceptance whereof, 
the Lord Deputy profeffed, that he would efteem 
himfelf n;iuch honoured, and would be ready, af- 
ter putting off the Perfon which now wasimpofed 
onnim, with much Contentment to.be commanded 
by hisLordfhip. 

The fame 1 ime the Lord Deputy advertifcd 
Mailer Secretary, that his Intelligence had been 
fo bad (not only in falfe Reports of ^yrof$e*8 Pur- 
pofes, but alfo in the Relation of the Forces he had 
with him to be far greater than indeed they were, 
by which Intelligence of Falfe- hearted Subje&s tp 
difcourage the Queen's Forces, the Rebels ufed to 

Srevail more than by fighting, and now hoped to 
ifcourage him at his firil coming, from any pre- 
fent Attempt againfl Tyrone^s Return, as in one and 
the fame Day he firft heard together of Tyrone's 
looking back out of Munfter^ coming '\x)to Leinfter^ 
and paffing over the Enney^ and the next Day being 
aflured of his Efcape, he then received the firft In- 
telligence (the former Letters of the 8 th of March 
being not till then delivered) that ever came to his 
Hands from the Earl of Or«?c»rf concerning Sf^r^w, 
who in his return had gone further in three Days, 
than at his fetting forth in 1 3, having in one 
Day marched 27 Miles, fo fpeedily, as he could 
not overtake any of his Troops with the Queen's 
Forces, though he marched after him twenty 
Miles in four Hours j adding his Purpoffe to 
make prefent Head towards the North ^ without 
which Diverfion of the Rebels, the Garrifon to 
be planted at Louihfoyle was like to run a danger^ 
. ous Fortune. And withal fending fome of Tyrone* s 
Mandates, by which hefummonedthe Subje£tsof 
Munfier to appear before him, and to join with 

him. 



Chap.r. 0/ IRELAND.: 133 

him, of which I have thought good, for the 
ftrangenefs of the Form, to infert this one foUowr 
ing. ^ .- 

ONeal comraendeth him unto you Morris Fiis^ 
ThomaSy 6 Neal rcquefteth you in God*s 
name to take Part with nim, and fight for your 
Confcience and Rights and in fo doing^ 6 Neal 
will fpend to fee you righted in all your Affairs, and 
will help you ; And if you come not at d Nealht* 
twixtthis and To-morrow at twelve of the Clock, 
and take his Part, 6 Neal is not beholding to you, 
and will do to theuttermoft of his Power to over- 
throw you, if you come not to him at furtheft by 
Saturday Noon. From Knock Dumayne in Calrie^ 
the 4th of February y if 99. 
6 Neal requejietb you to come [peak with bim^ and 
doth give you bis JVord tbat youjhall receive n$ 
barm^ neither in coming nor going from him jwbe" 
tberyou be a friend or notj and bringwitbyou to^ 
i Neal Gerat Fitz-gcrald. 

Sutfcribedi Neal. 
The 7th of March the Lord Deputy was adver- 
tifed, that TjT^^y^ returned to Dungannon\iv&\io\}£e 
the I fth Day, and brought with him out of Mun-^ 
Jier four Pledges of Defmond^s Faith unto him. 
That the Earl of ClanrickardhsA fworn, fofoonas 
the Lord of DunkelUn his eldeft Son returned out 
of England^ to take no longer Day than May next, 
to join with 73^r(?»tf, and enter into A£kion, (fo the 
Irijb term Rebellion :) And that Tyrone had called 
the Lords of the North together, to confult about 
the Oppoiition to be made againfl: the intended 
Plantation of the Englifi Garrifons at Lough- 
foyle. 

The 20th of March Mafter Secretary wrote to 
the Lord Deputy, that the Earl of EJfexy hitherto 
reftrainedin the Lord Keeper's Home, had found 
the Grace with her Majefty, to be fent to his own 
Houfe in London^ yet with a Keeper s for Sir 

I J Richard 



*J4 MoKYsqu's Hijlory Bookl, 

ftichatd Barkky^ had the ^ard of him, with the 
Kej^ of the Water-gate and Street-door, and the 
Earl had the freedom of the whole Houfe, with a 
jdozen Servants to attend him, who might freely go 
in and out at Pleafure, and the Countefs of kff'ex 
had liberty to come thither to him. And the Lord 
Peputy ftill continued frcauentW to folicit the Se- 
cretaries favour to this noble Earl, many Times in- 
larging himfelf fo for, as to juftify the -Earl's faith- 
fulEndcavours in the main Point of the late Irijb 
Service, about which hewasmoft queftioned. In- 
fomuchas feeing the Earl's Aftions in If eland to be 
narrowly fifted, he wrote not long after to the Se-r 
pretary, exprefly avowing j That if the Earl of 
EJfesf hud brought with him a far greater Army^^ 
|he State of the year being as then it was, and he 
poming ^t that Time oif the Year when he did, yet 
(during his abode there, (which was from March 
to September^ there could no other Confequence 
have juftly been expeftcd in that fo fhort Time^ 
but that the Rebels moved with the Countenance 
and Terror of the Army, fhould generally (or for 
the moft Part) have fought her Majefty's Mercy, 
and making their Submimon^have been received up- 
on Pledges to continue Subjefts, or elfe to have 
fought to have ruined them by planting ftrong Gar- 
rifons, which in moft Places mufl have been done 
by an Army, and they being in feveral Places, and 
many Circunrilances befides required thereunto, 
the Effefting thereof would have taken up as much 
Time as he fpent here. And though ;,the Terror 
of the Army did not work the firfl Effeft, being 
in the Choice of the Enemy, until by'^hc fecond 
Courfe they might be conftrained, that the fault 
was in their Difpofition, and not in the EarPs En- 
deavours or Power. And though the Garrifons 
were not accordingly planted, that as well the 
jfhortnqfs of the Time, as the Councils to which 
the Earl was tied at that Time, might juflly clear 
him of that Default. CHAP. 



Chap.II. (?/lR.m.ANP. i3f 



-r— »- 



C H A P. II, 



■ ^ 



p/ the Lord Deputy's partieuhw. Proceedf^g^ in ttuf 
Profecution of the Rebels in the Te^r Kfoo, . 



T 



•■ « J 



H E I4t}i of March y b^iog tjie Uft PayiOf 
the former Year, the hwA Deputy figlK' 
ed the tollowing Lift of the Army, tol>p 
a Diredion to the Treniw^r at Wars, for 

the Payment thereof, from the ift of AprU^ itt 

the Year 1600, fo, forward,' ,. 



.>.'.» • 



General Officers ♦ for the Army . 

'■ -s 

ft 

The Earl of Ormond^ Lord Lieutenant of the 
Army, joer diem^ 3 /. 

Sir Oliver L^mkerty SerjCMit Major, j»^r/&>»!r, i A 

G^^r^^ Beverly^ ComptcoUcr:. of the Viftu^lf, 
per diemj, 10 s. .. 

Five Ljommiflarics of tjic Vi&ual^. whereof one 
per diem J 8 s. the veft 6/. a^piece. 



I • 



Twelve Colon^ jsct.iof. ^^itcfi per 4hm9 



Earl of Thomond. 
Lord Audley. 
Lord Dunkellin. 
Sir /flwry Dochmr^. 
Sir //^»ry P^^r^. 
Sir Charles Percy. 



Sir Matthew Morgan. 
SvcGbrifiop. St. Laurence. 
Sir Charles Wtlmot. 
^yx John holies. 
Sir Arthur Savage. 
Sit RicbardMoryfon. 



A Provoft Majrihal of Ballyjbannon^ ud another 
of Lougbfoyky each at 41. per diem. 

Companies of HorfCt 

The Lord Deputy 100, at is. 6d. a-pi^c per 
diem. The Earl of Ormond ro, at i i. The Earl 

I 4 of 



? 



\^6 iAoiksoifs Hifpry Booki 

siJiPUtiamptffn loo, half at is. 6d. and half ij. 
3^. The Earl of Kildare fo, at i s. The Earl 
of Clanrickard ro^ at i s. The. Lord of Dunfeiny 
f o, at I s. Tnc Lord Prefident of Munjter fo, 
Twt IS. 6d. Sir Garret Moore if j at i s. Sir C^ri- 
ftopherSt. Laurence if, at i J. 
The Lord Dunkellin if 

^vt'jSenryHarinffM^ , 26 

SitmUim fFatrm if I 4 

l&iT Samuel Bagtpol fo 

Six Edward Heriert : ^ •- • iz 

Optain /Tijpyjw^^, Provoftl .^f;^" V'- ^^'^^• 

Marfhd of Connaugbt 3 
C^ipuin Richard J^feame fo 

Captain Thomas Giffard . 2f 
^Captain Fleming :. if 

Captain T'^jfJ? ZfJ 

V'w eS^V^&^rf i^ fo, whereof 

*it6at4«. 4il. and 30atxi.^r//i>«i. , 

Capt. 7^(>«w5 ^Thite s^Xnt re ^j ^^r >;;#«• ' 
SW Antho^ Cooke: f ^r^ ''' id.ferdtem. 

Sir j%»ry iJAwrJ^ 100, at .1 x-.tf i.. Sir Henry 
Dockwra fo, half at is. 6d. half at is. Six Grif. 
MarMm 100, Hqlf at i j. ^j ^. iialf .1 s. . 

Total of Horfe 1100. 

Companies of Foot. . . 

To be fent fxom Dullin to Lou^foyU, in Vlfier.i 

'• . " ■ 

Sir /ft«ry Dockwra^ Governor of LougbfoyUj 

tod Colonel of the Army. ! 200 

Sir Matthew Morgan^ - (Colonel : i f o 

Sir John Chamberlain I f o 

Capt. -Em/igrw |oo 

Capt. Heath IfO 

Capt. i?Asfl!y :ifO 

Capt. Lifter. . |oo 

To 



Chap.ll. of iKEhAtiD, 



H7 



To be fent out of England to the fame Place. 



Sir John BolUSj 
one of the Co- 
lonels of the Ar- 
my 

Capt. Vaugban 

Capt. ^omasCocbe 

Capt. Dutton 

Capt. Ellis Flud 

Capt. Ralph Bingley 

Capt. Baffet 

Capt. Oram 

Capt. Lionel Guefi 

Capt. Leigh 

Capt. H.Clare 

Sir y^i&» P{?^fey 



00 

oo 

fo 

oo 

00 

oo 

IfO 



Capt. . Mafierfon 
Capt. Stafford 
Capt. Atkinfon 
Capt. /&/^J 
Cs^t^.jiford 
Capt* Pinner 
Capt. Orrf/ 
Capt. ^iWiV^jf 
Capt. Windfot 
Capt. ^f^Ay 
Capt. D/ggi 
Capt. Brooke 
Capt. J^iiiii 
Capt. Plunket 



100 

100 

loa 

lOO 

IQO 

loa 

IfO 

lOO 
100 
lOO 
lOO 
lOO 
lOO 
lOO 



~-\ 



Toul of Lougbfoyle Garrifon divided into three 
Regiments under the Governor, Sir Henry Dock^ 
v)ra^ and the two Colonels above-named. Sir 
Matthew Morgan^ and Sir John Bolles^ 4000. 

Carrickfergus Garrifon. Foot. 



SiTjA^burChicbe-y ^^ 

fterj Governor 3 
Sir Fulk Conway i fo 
C^pt JLaurenceE/'-^ 



Cajpt. Egerton 100 

Czpt. Norton 100 

Foot 70a 



mond 



IfO 



Foot at the Neibry. 



t * 



Sir Samuel Bagnol tool At Carlingford^ Capt. 
Capt. £Aij|fM IfO I Ferdinando FreckeltoM 

100 
Foot 4fo 



Foot 



ij8 Mohyson's Hiftory EopkL 



Foot in the Province of Connaugbu 



100 



^ixJrtbur Savage^ 
Governor s 
THe Earl of Lomond xoo 
The Earl of Clw-T 
'rickard J 

The hoxdi J)un-\ 

iellinjtht^ziVi}^ loo 
eldeft $on . 



too 



Sir Tbowas Bufgb^ 

his youncerSonj ^ 
Sir Robert L^vel ijo 
Sir fibot Dillon loo 

Capt. TbomasBourgb loo 
C^l^t.fihotneLong loo 
Cz^t. Ifugb Mofiian too 

Foot 1400. 



Foot in the Province of Munfier. 



ioo 

ZOO 
500 



Lord PrefidcntJ 
The Lord -/f«i&jr 

Sir ffemy P'Opre . 
Sir Ci^^r/« ^tlwot 

Sir <?tf»rjf^. C^r>j>l 
Tteafurer at WarJ 
Sir Ricbard Percy i f o 
Sir Francis Barkely 100 
Sir Edw . PitZ'garyef 100 
Sir 7e?i&» Barkely^ zoo 
Sir G^i^W /for^ < T^ 
^irJobuDimdal looj 



Sir Rich. Majferfin 100 
Capt. i?(?g^ Jfi&f^ I fo 
Capt. 72^0/»^j S fencer E;,f o 
Capt.7^f(Wfr 100 

Capt. Sbeffeld loo 

Capt; GeorgeKingfmel 100 
Czft. Garret Dillon 100 
Capt . J9^f i& ^ Am7/j^ 1 00 
Cz^t. William Poore 100 
Capt. ifiixy 100 

Czpt.MoJlock I op 

C^U George Blount 100 

Foot ipfo. 



Foot in the Province af Letnjter. 



100 



zoo 



The Lord Depu- 
ty's Guard ' 
The E. ol South-. 

.dmpion 
'ThcEail of Ormond ^00 
^hcj^zrl of Kildare ifo 
The Lord of Dun/any i fo 
The Lord Deluin 15*0 
Sir <jew;g^ Boucber 1 00 



Sir jR/V^, Wingfield I f o 
S ir drift .St .Laurencezoo 
Sir C bar les Percy zoo 
Sir Oliver Lambert zoo 
Sir Ricbard Moryfcn zoo 
Sir Thomas Wingfield ifo 
Sir Henry Warren 1 00 
Sir Garret More 1 00 
Sir Francis Rujbe i fo 

Sir 



Chap. II. (/IRELAND. 139 

Sir Henry Tolly of l f o 

^\x William JV^rr en loo 

Sir Thomas Loftus i oo 

Sir Oliver St. John i fo 

Sir Charles 6 Carrol i oo 

Sir Henry Davers 200 



Sir Henry Harrington 1 00 
C^^t.JTbo. fFilliams ifo 
Capt. Roe 100 

C^pt.Toky Caulfield ifo 
Cz^t.Jofias Bodky ifo 
C^cp^. Francis Shane lOo 

Foot 4f 00. 



Sir James Fitzpeirfe ifo 
Sir Francis Stafford zoo \ 

The Total of the Foot 14000. 

\4 Lift of fuch as the Lord Deputy could draw into 
the Field to profecute Tyrone, all confifting of the 
Companies lying in Leinftcr, and thofe of the 
Ncwry and Carlingford. 

Horfe. The Lord Deputy, 100. Sir Henry 
Davers^ 100. Sir Samuel Bagnol^ fo. The Lord 
tDunfanyy fo. Sir Garret More^ Zf, Horfe t%f. 

Foot. The Lord Deputy, loo. The Earl of 
Southampton^ zoo. Sir Francis Stafford^ 200. Sir 
Samuel Bagnol^ 200. Sir Richard Moryfon^ zoo. 
Sir Henry DaverSy 200. Sir Charles Percy^ 200. 
Sir Oliver Lambert ^ 200 . Sir William Warren^ 1 oo. 
Sir Oliver St. John^ ifo. Sir Henry Folly ot^ ifo. 
The Lord of Dunfany^ i f o. Sir Garret More^ 100. ^ 
Sir 'Thomas Wingfeildj i f o . Capt. Edward Blanye^ 
ifo. Czpujoftas Bodley^ ifo. Capt. Ferdinaml 
Freckelton^ 100. C^vt. TohyCaulfieldy if o. Capt. 
Francis Rocy 100. Cz^t. Thomas Williams j ifo. 

Foot 3200 

Out of thefe taken to guard PlaO Foot. Horfe. 
ces till the Return of the Army 3 810 20 

Dead Pays allowed in each hun-i 
drol of Foot p, and in each f o V 288 
Horfe 4. .---.-J 

Total lopS 45 

Dcdu&thisiopSoutoftheFoot,-^ x? ^ u ^ 
and 46 out of the Horfe, and fo reV l^^l' "^J^- 
mains for the Lord Deputy's Army ^ 7^ 

in Field ^ <^ Oitt 



i 



140 MoRysoN'f Hifiory BookL 

. Out of this a farther Allowance (though uncer- 
tain) muft be dcdudcd for fick and deficient Men 
not mentioned formerly. 

Obfervc that many Gunners^ Cannoneers, Ar- 
morers, and Clerks of the Ordnance, fome at 41. 
fome at 1 s. per diem^ and an Engineer at 10^. per 
diem, that fome fixteen Surgeons, the chief at f /. 
the other difperfed in Provinces and Garrifons at jo 
er40 5. a piece the Week, and that the Lord De- 
puty's Doftor of Phyfick at f /. a Week, and his 
chief Chaplain at the fame Rate, and fome ten 
other Preachers difperfed, at xo or 40 s. the Week > 
each arc all paid by the defalcation of one Pay in 
each Company of Foot, and likewife of certain 
Suits of Apparel due to the fame Companies : And 
that theCommiffaries of the Mufters (raifed from 
five to twenty) at 3 i. 4^. a piece peir dientj .arc 
payM out of thcChecquers which themfelvcsraife^ 
aiid one of them following the Army in Field in 
e;w:h Province, the reft are diftributed to be refident 
in particular Garrifons. 

Having made Diftribution of the Forces for 
the prefent, it remains I fhould defcend to the brief 
Narration of the Lord Deputy's particular Coun- 
cils and Actions againft the Rebels. About the Begin- 
ning of Jpril^ it was determined in Council by the 
Lord Deputy and the general Aflent of the Counfel- 
lors, that the Iflander Scots fhould be hired to fcrvc 
againft James.Mac Surley : ThditAgnus^ pretending 
Right to hisCountry,was thefitteft for thatPurpofej 
and upon his refafal, Mac Alaine was thought ntteft 
to be entertained for this Service : That the Num- 
ber of Scots fhould be if 00 orioooatmoft: That 
they fhould not land till the End of Auguft^ and re- 
main in Pay as Occafion fhould ferve, their Pay be- 
ing to each Man a Cow for a Month, or, for the 
Default of Cattle, 6 d. by the Day 5 and that they 
fliould land between the BanH and Oldenfleet^ ex- 
cept they thought fome other Place fitter. 

- - - . Two 



Chap.lt. ft/lHELAND. 141 

Two Inhabitants of Carrkkfergus Mfrerc appointed 
to treat with thefe Scots ^ and they were to have the 
Lord Deputy's Letters to the Earl of Argtle^ and 
to the Queen's Agent in Scotland^ for the furthe- 
rance of this Bumiefs 5 but this Council took no 
EfFeft, by Reafon the Courfe was difliked in Eng^ 
land. ^ In the fame Council it was propounded, how' 
the Army ihould be employed till theLord Deputy'^ 
going into the Field, which in all probability could 
not be for fome two Months after ; And it was rc- 
fotved to profecutc the Rebels at one Inftant both 
on the Borders in the North and in Leinfteri For 
the North Borders, (JfoFoot and 100 Horfewere 
to lie in Garrifon in Dundalk ^ 700 Foot and f o 
Horfc at jlrdee \ 400 Foot and f o Horfe at Kells j 
1000 Foot and fo Horfe at the Newry^ and 100 
Foot at Carlingford. If Tyrone drew not to a Head, 
it was concluded thefe Garrifons were to infeft the 
Fewes^ Ferny ^ d Hanlon^s Country, Mac Gennis his 
Country, and other Parts of Monaghan^ and the 
Cavan. If Tyrone drew to a Head, then it was 
concluded his own Troops were like to fpoil thefe 
Countries, and our Men fent to Lough foyle fliould 
plant themfelves with more Eafe, ana fliortly be 
able to fpoil both Tyrone and 6 DonnePs Country. 
For Leinfter^ 1000 Foot and 100 Horfe were to 
draw into Opbalia^ to build up the Togherj to 
viftual the Fort of Pbilipfiownj and to ipoil the 
Connors^ Macgoghegans^ 6 MoloyeSy and Mac Cogb- 
lins: This done, it was concluded thefe Forces 
ihould pafs into Leax there to attend Dire&ion, 
or if that Paflage were difficult, then to return the 
Way they went, and by the Way to fend for fur- 
ther Direction : And to further the laft Profecu- 
tion, the d Carrots were commanded at the fame 
Time to invade the 6 Moloyes, and the Lord of 
Delvin^ and Sit Francis Shane were to meet and join 
with the Lord Dunkellin in Maic Coghlins Country, 
and there to invade the neighbour Rebels. 

The 



I4£ MortsonV Hifiory BookLi 

The third of jiprtl^ the Lord Deputy advertifed 
Mailer Secretary, that the Queenhad few Subie£b 
in Ireland of v^f Sort who had not either iomc 
Kind of Intelligence with Tyrone^ or had not 
framed their Hearts that Way, whereof the whole 
Pale made fufficient Overture, by a Petition lately 
delivered, and by their Cofiteilation at the Council 
Table. That the old Eari of Clanrickard^ at J>- 
rone^s going into Munjler^ had taken Day with 
him ti^ May next to declare himfelf on that Party > 
but that the Lord of DunkelUn^ his eldeft Son, 
hated by his younger Brother, whom the Father 
cfteemed much above him, gave him great Confi- 
dence of his firm Allegiance, who Jfulpefking the 
Father's Difpofition that Way, had taken Occafi- 
on by repairing to Dubliny and after going for Eng-* 
landy to put himfelf as a C^gc and Bridle to his Fa- 
ther's Proceedings^ concluding, that he, the Lord 
Deputy, had taken Order for fecuring the Caftle of 
jdthlone^ but that all his Hope of keeping the Pro* 
vince of Connaught in Obedience was in the Lord 

, of Dunkellin's Honefty . Neither was the Lord 
Deputy deceived in this worthy Lord, who as du- 
ring his Father's Life, fo from his Death (happen- 
ing within few Months) to the End of the W^r, 
ferved the Qyeen as nobly, valiantly, and faithfully, 
as any Nobleman or Gentleman in the Army. Tnc 
Lord Deputy explained the Danger of the Irijb 
Commanders andCompanies,yet for theTime ihe w* 
ed theRemedy to be moredangerous than thcDifeafe, 
proteftins that her Majefty could not take a more 
unprofitwle Way to (atisfy the IriJb Suitors than 
by giving themCompanies.His Lordfhip further ad- 
vertifedMafterSecretaiy, that upon Tyrom^s retiring 
out of Mwifter into tht North in Manner of a fear* 
ful Flight, he, the Lord Deputy, had drawn from 
the Earl of Ormond fuch Companies as were not ap- 
pointed for JM^nfter^ and upon their arrival to jttbyj 

^ had fent Sir Mifburd M^yfon to take Poflcffion of 

the 



Chap.II. (/IRELAND. 145 

the Government of Le^x, and Sir Oliver Lambert 
to lead and bring back the Forces fent with Vi£tu« 
als to relieve the Fort called Afory^^r^«fg^,(of Queen 
Mary) fituatein Leax^ (otherwife called the Queen's 
County), which Fort being before in extrcam Di- 
ftrcfs,nowhe hadfupplied forthreeMonths.That he 
had imploycd Bermingbam{yfho had about that Time 
fubmitted himfelf to the Queen's Mercy) to put in 
fomcCows into theFort of 0/>i&^/j^.That he purpofed 
to profecute the Rebels mLeinJier with looo Foot 
and 100 Horfe, and to lodge the reft in Garrifoii^ 
upon the North, fo as on the fudden he might di- 
vert ?5r^»^ from refifting our prefent Plantation at 
Lough foyle. That he would prefently fend looo 
old Soldiers from Dublin to Lough foyle^ and li ke wife 
with them fuch as were to lie in Garrifon at Balli^ 
Jhannon under the Command of Sir Matthew Mor* 
ganj but that for fome Difficulties they could not 
yet be fettled there, yet lying at Lough foyle^ in the 
mean Time, might do Service, and always be ready 
to be fent thithen That Tyrone'^ Confederates 
were difcouraged at his fearful Retreat into the 
North, which could not have been greater if he had 
been broken with an Army > for after an unreafona- 
blc Day's March, hearing of the Lord Deputy's 
drawing towards him, within one Hour of his 
fitting down, he did prefently rife again at feven 
o' Clock in the Night, and being aflaulted by fome 
of our fcattered Bands, ftill marched, leaving to 
the Sword as many of his Men as were engaged, 
and leaving or leeiing all his Carriages^ fo as now 
almoft eyery Day the Heads of fome Rebels or 
others were fent him ; and many Services were of 
late done, as theRecoverv of a Prey by the Garrifon 
at the Naas^ with the killing; of many Rebels, and 
the Defeat of 140 Rebels by Sir Francis Shane^ 
wh(Sreof 4r were killed,atKl of them fome 1 4 with his 
own Hana : And the Rebels of Leiufier daily made 
Means to be received to Mercy. Only the Town^ 

were 



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mbf Sroirs of thcRdxIsy aadfioodfeiaacihr 



i^r>n thrrr PnrSemj as a £hL2p Rod aad XLu r ii g 
Hand ^crt 7TC'ji& to taasad than % tar vhicS 



Ca;yfehr^ LordJiip adrjfed^ thattiicCankof 
r^it raight be TTpaiicd to biidk thsr Torvrii, vhick 
fceacd of marc Irr-portaDCC than anr otbcr Citj 
of that Kingdom wbatTorrcr. That tbc dd paiiia g 
Rxbck were bv Tjr^jir^s Cunning raifed to iooic 
Hopes by two Ships latclr come into the North oat 
of Spain^ which broaght the Rd>els ibcic >fiini- 
tion, andcithcr Aflurance of great and pidcK Stic- 
cours, or Tjr^M at lead fo nfed their coming to his 
Parptke, as the Rd>els believed foch Afiiiranrr 
was ^ycti. Bciidcs, many Prieils came in thodc 
Ships, of which <me tenned himfelf the Popc^s 
Legate, and Legtr Ambaflador for the King of 
Sfoin^ and Archbiihop of Dublin^ gi^^nig out that 
he was content to fuflFcr Death if he preached noc 
in Dir^/f/y before 3fi^^ii^AMi-day: Whercopootfae 
Rd>ek be^an to avow themfelves the King of 
SfaifC% Simic&s \ and only the Expedation of 
Loufbfoyk Garrifon, together with the doubt of 
the/e Succours, kept the very Pale from the Bold- 
ncfs to profeis the (amc. Laftly, his Loidihip ve- 
hemently complained that her Majefty by abfoliitc 
Command difpofed of Charges in that Kingdom^ 
fo as he could neither pleamre his own Friends, 
nor reward her Majefty's bcft Servants j vea, that 
having already given the Government ox Ixsx to 
Sir Richard Moryfon^ (a Friend whom he confcfled 
efpecially to love, and whom he would undertake 
to be as worthy in his ProfefHon, as any of his 
Time, or any the Qpeen had in that Kingdom), 
now by the Lords Letters fignifyine her Majefiy*s 
Pleafure, he was forced to his Friend's and his own 
Difgrace, to confer the Place on another^ and in^ 
conclufion, befought her Majefhr, in fuch Re- 
commendations to leave them (omewhat to his 

Choic^ 



Chap.II. d/* IRELAND. 

Choice j promiling to execute them, or elfe to yield 
great Reafon to the contrary. 

The fixth oi April the Lord Deputy advertifed 
Mafter Secretary, that the Earl of Ormond was gone 
from Y^ublin to.liis Country, having made great 
Compliments of AfFeftion to her Majefty's Ser- 
vice 3 y^t it w^ apparent that either he was grown 
Weaker inJudgmetit,or worfe affefted to theQueen's 
Service than was imagined in England^ affirm- 
ing of certainty, that in the laft Ceflation he had 
thrice at leaft Ipoken very long with Tyrone^ and 
at his laft being in Munjier had once heard from 
him : And in general, that the Subjefts were no 
better Servants to her Maiefty than the Rebels, 
with whom they daily praaifed, and would give 
Ho AfSftance with Bodies or Goods to her Majelty's 
Service y yea, would (no doubt) quit their Alle- 
giance whenfoever they might do it with Safety* 
That every Rogue asked a C ompany, and if he had 
pne, then fought a Regiment, but that (Godblef- 
fing her Majefty's Army) he hoped ihortly to give 
Law to their irregular Humours. 

The Province of Munfter (as I for- 
merlyfaid) was much confirmed in Re- j^^^ 
bellion by the Earl of Tyrone's laft ^ 
Journey into thofe Parts, where he ftrengthened 
James Fitz-thomaSj (who by the Northern Rebels 
lent thither from Tyrone^ was exalted to be Earl of 
Defmond in the Year i f p8, and was, by a Nick- 
name called the Suggon Earl\ he combined with 
Florence Mac Carty^ (called by the Irijh Mac Carty 
More^ a Name greatly followed there) and in like 
Sort with moft of the great Men of thofc Parts, 
encouraging thofe whom he found willing to per- 
Jift, taking Pledges of thofe he fufpe^Ved to be wa- 
vering, and burning, and fpoiling thofe few who 
did abfolutely refufe to join with him, as the Lord 
Barry with i!omc others. And at this Time another 

Vol. I. K Accident 



ij^6 Moryson's Hiftory Book I. 

Accident feeming of great Confeauencc did much 
cre£t theHcarts of the Rebels and difmay the Sub- 
jefts of xhofc Parts, which I will briefly fet down. 
Sir George Carew having newly received Letters 
Patents to be Lord Preudent of Munfter^ and rc- 
folving prefently to repair to his Charge, departed 
from ^«*//;i on n is Journey thitherward the 7th of 
jlpril^ and upon the pth came to Kilkenny with the 
Earl of 7'homond in his Company, and 1 00 Horfc to 
attend him, where the Earl of Ormond told them 
he had appointed to parley with fome Rebels of 
thofc Parts, whereof Ony Mac Rory y as the chicf^ 
and dcfircd them to accompany him. The loth of 
jtpril they rode out of JK/t^w^y with fome loHorfe- 
of the Earl of Ormond*^ Followers, and fome few 
others mounted upon Hacknies, his Lordihip re- 
fufing to have the Lord Prefident's Horfe to guard 
him : So they rode eight long Miles to the Place of 
meeting } and the Earl of Ormond left his Com- 
pany of zoo Foot two Mile Ihort of that Place. 
The Rebel Ony came out of the Woods with 
f 00 Men well armed, and leaving his Shot and the 
Grofs of his Troop fome Cav^ers Shot diftant 
from the Earl, came up to him with fome choice 
Pikes. After an Hourfpent and nothing concluded, 
the Lord Prcfident moved the Earl to return, but he 
would firft fpeak with the Jefuit Archer^ and the 
Rebels calling him, his Lordfhip reproved Archer 
iand called him Traitor. In the meanTime the Grofs 
of the Rebels had crept over the Shrubs and com- 

Eaflcd round the Earl and his Company, which the 
.ord Prefident difliking, prayed the Earl to return j 
but as he turned about his Hackney the Rebels took 
him Prifoner, and Ony Mac Rory laid Hands on 
the Lord Prefident, but the Earl of TTjomoud rufli- 
ing upon him with his Horfe made him leave his 
Hold, and they both efcaped by the Swiftnefe and 
Strength of their FJorfestrom thcPufhcsof many 

Pikes, 



Chap.ir. of IRELAND. 147 

Pikes, wherewith the Earl of iTjomond was flight* 
ly hurt in the Back. This Treachery was faid to 
be plotted by Ony and Archer and very few others, 
for if more had known it, many thought that the 
Earl had fuch Spies, and was fo feared among the . 
Rebels, as his Lordfliip would have had Notice 
thereof either for Fear or Love. But there want- 
ed not others who thought the Earl was willingly 
furprifed. Howfoever it were the Rebels did him 
no Hurt in his Perfon, only one of the Erarl's Men 
was flain, five were hurt, and fourteen taken Pri- 
foners. The Lord Prefident with the loo Horfc 
attending him, and 600 Foot which he fent for out 
of Munfter kept the unfettled Humours of thofc 
Parts from prefent Tumult, where the EarPs true 
Followers wanting their Head, and the ill-affe6ted, 
pow ftandi^ in no Awe of his Power, were all at 
Liberty. The Countefs of Ormond was much af- 
fli£l:ed with her Husband's Misfortune, and with 
Fear of her own and her Daughter's Eftate. For 
divers pretended to be Heirs to the Earl j as Sir Ed-- 
ward Butler his Brother^ and in refpedhis Blood 
was attainted. Sir fFalter Butler the EarPs Ne- 
phew 5 and for other Reafons,the Vifcount Mounts 
garret : And each of thcfe was likely to feek to 
have the EarPs fole Daughter in their Hands > bfe- 
fides that thefe Controverfies bred diftradted Hu- 
mours among the Gentlemen and others of thofe 
Parts > the Lord Deputy hearing hereof, prefcntly 
difpatched Sir George Bourcher to command in chiel^ 
and Sir Chriftopber St. Laurence to affift him in guard- 
ing the Countefs, her Daughter, and the Earl's 
Houfes, with the Forces appointed by the Lord De- 
puty for that Service, namelv. 

The Earl's Company of Foot, 200. The Foot 
Company of Sir Chriftopber St. Laurence^ 100. 
The Earl's Troop of Horfe, fo. Horfe of St. 
Laurence^ 2/. . ^ir George Bourcher* ^lAoxic^ 10. 

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148 Moryson'5 Hijlory Book I. 

Yet the Lord Deputy conceived the EarVs Sur- 
prize to be an Evil more fpecious than material, 
feeing no Reafon why the Counfels of the War 
{hould ftagger upon his well or ill doing : For 
whereas fome were of Opinion that he was willing- 
ly taken and would declare himfelf for Tyrone^ his 
Lordfhip refolved, that if he continued faithful, 
his Countries might ealily be defended, if other- 
wife, as cafily wafted 5 hnce after the Garrifons 
fhonld be once planted at Lough foyle^ and thofc 
Parts on the Back of Tyrone^ he fhould be able to 
fpare Forces for any fuch Service. And whereas 
many thought the News would much amaze the 
Court of England^ his Lordihip on the contrary 
(fince neither the Lord Prelident nor himfelf de- 
lierved any Imputation for this Event, the Parley 
being contrived without the Lord Prcfident's Pri- 
vity, and both contrived and executed without 
making himfelf acquainted therewith) conceived 
it would make the Army both better, and more 
carefully feconded out of England. And whereas 
it was thought that this Accident would cteBt the 
Rogue^s Spirits, which before began to be dejeft- 
ed, and fo hinder the Submiflion of many, his 
Lordfhip knowing that they would never be faith- 
ful to the State till they could not fub^fl againft 
it, was of Opinion, that till they were brought 
into greater Extremities it would prove better tnat 
they fhould ftand out than come in. 

His Lordfhip, the ifth of^/>r;7,advertifed Matter 
Secretary of this Accident, and how he had fent 
Forces to ftrengthen thofc Parts, and had taken 
fpccial Care for the Safety of the Eail's Daughter 
and Heir, and being loth fuddenly to give his Opi- 
nion herein, only profeffed to think it ftrange, that 
one fo full of Regard to himfelf in all his Pro- 
ceedings, fhould be ib eafily overtaken. Then his 
Lordihip gave Confidence, that if the ^i^//frj de- 
clared themfelves for Tyrone^ as foon as Lougbfoyle 

Carrifou 



Chap.II. c/ IRELAND. 149 

Garrifon was planted at his Back, his Lordfhip 
doubted not to be able to meet the Lord Prefident 
in Kilkenny J and withtheir joint Forces to fubduc 
the Rebeb, and fct thofe Parts in Obedience. 

At this time the Fort of Phillipftown in Qphaley 
(other wife called the King^s-County) was to be vic- 
tualed, and Ony Mac Rory with the 6 Mores in Leax^ 
togetheir with the 6 Connors in Ofhaley^ bragged 
that the Queen*s Forces fliould not be able to 
victual it. Now by the Emulation of one of our 
chief Commanders, againft another preferred be- 
fore him, and llrengthened by the Court Faftions. 
of England J the {2L\di Commander hadfcnt outfome 
weak Companies for this Sefvice, to be led by the 
other, as in Prehemincnce of his Place, but a near 
Friend to the Lord Deputy, conceiving how much 
this firft Adtion's Succefs might add Reputation, 
or give a Blemifh, both to his Lordfhip and the 
Army, gave notice thereof, fo as his Lordfhip of- 
fering the fame Commander the leading of thofe. 
Companies, he refufing to go with them, mani- 
fefted the lijfpefted Emulation. Whereupon his 
Lordfhip earned i4fl:rong Companies to be allot- 
ted, and gave the Command of them in chief to Sir 
Oliver Lambert^ who condu£fced the Viftuals, and 
led the Men with fuch Judgment and Valour, as 
being flrongly fought with at the coming ofF, 
and efpecially at the going on, yet they perform- 
ed the Service with great Lofs and Dilcouragc- 
ment to thofe proud Rebels, and the ifth of 
April his Lordfhip advertifed Mafler Secretary of 
this good Service. 

The 30th of jipril the Earl of Ormond fent to 
the Lord Deputy from the Woods the Conditions, 
Ony Mac Rory demanded under his own Hand for 
his Liberty, which till then he could not get, be- 
caufe Ony ftaid for Tyrone's and his Confederates 
Advice, adding a Poflfcript of his Lordfhip's own 
Hand j that the Letter was brought to him ready 

K 5 written. 



I yd MoRvsQN*5 Hiftory BookL 

written, neither was he allowed any Man of his 
own to write for him. The infolent Demands 
were thefe : Firft, that her Majefty's Forces fhould 
be removed from Leax^ and the Garrifons deliver- 
ed to Ony Mac Rory^s Hands. Secondly, that Pledges 
ihould be delivered him for Caution^ tbatnoGar* 
rifons fhould ever be planted there, which done, 
Ony and his Followers would fubmit themfelves. 
Thirdly, if Pledges were not given, then the 
Garrifons alfo in Opbaley Ihould be removed, and 
every Man left to fhift for himfelf. The Poft- 
fcript required, that upon fuch Pledges delivered, 
a general Prote£tion for fix Weeks mould be fent 
to Ony Mac Rory^ and all his Friends in Leinfttr^ 
whereupon Anfwer fhould be returned, who dc- 
(ired the Benefit thereof, but during the faid time 
of the Protcftion, no Forces of her Majefly's 
fhould be fent againii their Confederates in Ulfter 
and the North. The f th of May the Lord De* 

fmty drew into the North Parts, to make Tyrone 
ook towards him, and fo to give better Facility 
to our Men to fettle themfelves in Garrifon at 
Loughfoyle. But before his Departure from Dub^ 
lin^ for the better governing and defending the 
Pale, his Lordfhip did by Commiffion leave Sir 
//. Poore to command in all martial Affairs, 
and fome of the Council to govern civil Matters 
during his Abfcnce. And Haying fome few Daj^ 
M Tredagh^ for the Companies which hadvi&ual* 
cd Pbillipftoivn^ and for tne Garrifons of Kells and 
Jrdee^ as alfo for Viduals, he marched to i)«»^tf/ir, 
whence taking that Garrifon alfo with him, he 
paired the Pace of \\itMoyry on JFhitfundayMox^ 
ning, and fo came to the Newry^ where he un- 
derltood, that according to his Opinion, Tyrone 
turning his Forces from Loughfoyle, was come in 
great hafte to Dangannon, had razed the old Fort 
of Blackwatery burned Armagh, and had drawn 
his Men into the ilrong Faflncft of Loughhirken^ 

where 



lit' 



Chap. II. tf/ IRELAND. iji 

where with great Induftry the Rd^els had made 
Trenches, and fortified the Place fomc three 
Miles in length. His Lordfliip to the former 
End advancing towards him, on the x6thof Afoy, 
4rew out of the Newry^ and encamped in the Way 
towards Armagh with i f oo Foot, and fome zoo 
Horfe. And there having Notice, that , . , 
the Rebels inquired after the time when thc^ji^wv.* 
the Earl of Southampton^ and Sir Oliver 
Lambertp Serjeant Major were to come to the Ar- 
my, and with all hearing, that the faid Earl and 
Serjeant Major were that Day arrived at Dundajk. 
His Lordfliip early in the Morning on the 17th 
of Mayy fent Capt. Edward Blany with f 00 Foot, 
and f o Horfe, to fecure their Paffaee through the 
Pace of the Moyry^ who marched ^om the Camp, 
and fo through the Moyry to the Faghard^ from 
which Hill to Dundalk^ there was no danger. 
There he made a Stand, and leaving l\is Foot in 
two Squadrons of Zfo each, himfelf with the 
Horfe palled to Dundalky and told the Earl of the 
Forces the Lord Deputy had fent to conduct him, 
aflurinjg him fiirther, that his Lordfliip with the 
reft ot the Army would meet him by two of the 
Clock in the Atternoon, at the Caufey beyond 
the Pace, from which the whole Pace hath the 
Name or the Moyry. Hereupon the Earl having 
with him, befidcs his Convoy, the Foot Compa- 
nies of Sir Oliver Lambert and Sir Hem'y Follioty 
and fome f o Horfe of voluntary'Gentlemen,marched 
to the Faghard where he commanded one of the two 
Squadrons above-mentioned to march o%and after 
that theCarriagcs \ then his Lordfliip with theHorfe 
followed,after whom the fecond Squadron marched, 
and laft of all the two Foot Companies of Sir Oliver 
Lambert jZndSir Henry Folliqtj C^'pt. Blany command- 
ing the Van-guard, advanced towards the Four'- 
mile-iv^ter^ being a Ford all invironcd with Woods, 
in the midft of this dangerous Face called the 

K 4 Moyry. 



tft MoRYSON^f Hiflory BookL 

Moyry. And coming within half a Mile of the 
lame, they difcovered the Rebels on both Sides 
in the Wood, whereupon the Earl direAed the 
Van-guard to pafs over the Water, and to m^e 
good the Rifihg of the Hill beyond it. When 
thefe came within a Musket (hot, they perceived 
zoo Foot of the Enemy lodged beyopd the Wa- 
ter, in the moft advantagious Places, Then Capt. 
BUny divided his Men into three Maniple^, fend- 
ing 60 on the right Hand under Capt. Henry A^ 
therton^ and as many on the left Hand under Capt. 
fFilUams^ his Lieutenant, and keeping the re(l in 
the midft with himfelf. And fo by the Serjeant 
Major's Dire&ions, they gave the Charge. In 
the mean time the Lord Deputy being on the Hill 
beyond the Pace, had fent his Van-guard, con* 
lifting of two Regiments, the one under Sir Charles 
Percy^ and the other under Sir Richard Moryfm 
(two Colonels of the Army,) to advax^ce towiM'ds 
the Pace. And at this inftant, when Capt. Bla-^ 
ny gave on upon the Rebels, the faid Lord De- 
puty's Van-guard appeared on the left Side, with- 
in two Musket Ihot. After fome VoUies on ei- 
ther Side, the Rebels on the right Hand, and 
thofe right before Capt. Blany quitted thofe Places, 
and retired through the Woods to the Earl of 
Southampton's Rear, fo as Capt. Blany paffing the 
Water, made a Stand there, as he was appointed 
to do, till the Carriage and Horfe fhould be pafled. 
And now the Lord Deputy's Van-guard being 
come to thePaflageof the faid Water, maintained 
a rcfolute Skirmifh with the Rebels on the left 
Hand, and altogether fecured the Earl's Troops 
on that Side. The Rebels thus beaten on both 
Sides, left fome 100 Shot to skirmifh with the 
Lord Deputy's Van-guard, and all retired to the 
Earl of Southampton's Rear, and came defperatc- 
ly on our Men, both with Horfc and Foot. But 

Sir 



Chap.II. 0/ IRELAND. 1x3 

Sir Henry Folliot made a very good Stand, and Sir 
Oliver Lamiertj fearing left our Men fhould be 
diftreflfed, the more to encourage them, took his 
Colours in his own Hand and together with fome 
30 of the Earl of Soutbamptm's Van-guard's beft 
Men, fent back to the Rear, haftened towards 
the Aflailants, to fecond the Earl, who at that 
time with fome 6 Horfe did charge the aflailinj 
Rebels, and beat them a Musket ihot back, ftil 
purfuing them, till they having fpent their Pow- 
der, and thrown their Staves, Darts, and innu« 
m^rable Stones, recovered the Place, where 7yro?w 
flood himfelf with fome 22q Horfe and zoo Foot 
in fight (befides a far greater Number hid in the 
Woods,) which never came unto this Fight. 
When our Men had thus gained much Ground, 
the Earl commanded them to march towa^-ds the 
Army, and prefendy Sir Richard fFingfeild^ the 
Marfhal of the Army of Ireland came to them, 
with order from the Lord Deputy, that fince the 
repulfed Rebels were not like to give any fecond 
Charge, they fhould continue their March, fol- 
lowing his Lordfhip's Troops diredtly to the 
Nenvry. In this confli6i: two of our Men wer« 
flain, Capt. Atherton and Mr. Cheut were fhot, and 
fome few hurt with Swords and fuch Weapons, 
On the Rebels Side there were in all i zoo Foot 
thus advantageoufly lodged, and zzo Horfe, and 
Tyrone himfdf confefled, that lo of his Men died 
with over-travelling in this hafty march, befides 
fuch as were killed, whofe Number could not 
certainly be learned. The zi ft of May^ his Lord- 
fhip was advertifcd from Sir Arthur Chicbefter^ Go- 
vernor of C^fr/V^/«^«i, that the Englijh fent to plant 
at Loughfoyle were fafely landed with fmall Refift- 
ance, and had taken Newcafile belonging to Sir 
John 6 Dogherty^ whofe Country they had fpoiled 
and wafted, and that fome of them fent forth up- 
oq a Draught, had taken good Store of Cows, and 

killed 



1J4 MoRYSON'f Hiftory BookL 

killed fome of 6 DonneVs People^ and that they 
were now bufy in fortifying about the Dtrry^ fo 
as many of that Country Southward did pafs theix* 
Cows and Moveables into Scotland^ depending 
fpecially upon thenHopes of Spanijb Succours. 
That Brian Mac Art a Rebel bordering on Carrick^ 
fergus^ had left his Faftnefs of Kilultagby and now 
lay on the Borders of Lecale^ where ne purpofed 
to afTail him, the rather becaufe he had fent zoo 
Men to • aflift Tyrone ^ that divers Gentlemen and 
others did daily fly from the Rebels, and refort 
unto him with their Goods, to the NumbesM>f 
1200 Cows, and more would come, but that he 
doubted their Faithfulnefs. That to iree himfelf 
of the Imputation to keep James Mac Surley an 
Enemy, till he had revenged on him his Brother's 
Death, he had imploved Colonel Egertom to in* 
vite that Rebel to Submiifion, but received only 
temporifing Anfwers ^ whereupon according to 
his Lordfhip's Dire£bions, he had w^^^^ ^^ 
fent a Meffenger of purpofe to the Lord of Clataier 
an Iflander Scoty to ftir him uv 2,g2in& James mac 
Surley J wrongfully poflefling his riehtral Inheri* 
tance in thofe Parts of Ireland^ offering to join 
the Queen's Forces under his Command^ to thofc 
Powers he fhould bring, for Recovery of this his 
Right, fo as he would after yield due Tribute and 
Obedience to her Majefty: But that upon the 
King of Scots late Proclamation, that all bearing 
Arms ihould be ready to attend the King on the 
17th of July next following, in Profecution of 
the Iflander Scots (as was given out,) refufine to 
pay Tribute, he feared that this Lord would be 
diverted from imbracing this Bufinefs, howfpevcr 
advantageous to him. That he had received Ctm 
mac Nealy the Son of Neal mac Brian^ and his 
Horfemen, into her Majefty's Pay, and would 
ihortly wafte his Father's Country, whence Brian 
mac Aft and fome 400 Bonn^hts (or hijred Sol- 
diers) 



Chap.II. ©/IRELAND. lyjr 

diers) were maintained and fed. Finally, that he 
thought fit to rebuild Olderfleet^ and leave fome 
in Ward there, becaufe the Haven was commo- 
dious to fuccour weather-beaten Ships, going to 
fupply the Garrifon of Loughfoyle with Ncccf- 
faries. 

The i6th of May^ the Lord Deputy received « 
Letter from the Lords in England^ with full Anfwcr 
to his late Difpatches. For the Earl of Ormoni'% 
detenfion, they fignified her Majefty's Grief to be 
the greater, becaufe any Attempt made for his Re- 
covery was like to prove his Ruin, and that her Ma- 
jefty had written to the Countefs, to fend the Earii's 
young Daughter and Heir into England. For Sir 
Arthur 6 NeaPs Demands, upon his coming in ta 
ferve her Majefty, in the nrft Point concerning 
Religion, her Majefty bore with it, becaufe flie 
took it to proceed of his Ignorance, not of 
Prefumption, only wifliing the Lord Deputy to let 
him fee, that her Majefty purfued none in thofc 
Parts for Religion, and fo to fatisfy him, but in no 
wife by any Contract or Condition. Next for his 
and others Suits for Land, and for Entertainments, 
becaufe fuch overtures were like daily to be made, 
by fuch as fubmitted themfelves, and Protraftion of 
fending to and fro, might lofe many Opportunities. 
Firft touching the Suits for Land, her Majelty's 
Dire&ions in particular Cafes following, fhotild be 
a Rule to the Lord Deputy for his Grants of that 
Kind. And firft for Sir Arthur 6 Neal's demanding 
2>r^»^'s Eftate, that could notbe granted him, by 
Reafon Tyrone^ upon Pretence of an old Inquifiti- 
on, had extended the limits of his Country, and 
incroached far into the South and Eafi. But her 
Majefty was pleafed to give him Tyrone's principal 
Seats, referving Places for Forts, and Lands to 
maintain them, and referving all Dependency of 
the Rites (or Neighbour Lords,) alio refervini 
Lands in Tyrone to reward the Services of fuel 

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Gentlemen as Ihould ferve under Sir j{fr/i&«r in thcfe 
Wars, which they fhould only hold of her Ma- 
jeftyby Letters Patents. For the reft Sir Arthur 
6 Neal to be Chief in ^yrone^ as well in Superiori- 
ty, as in Revenue. Touching Neal Garve^s de- 
mands for d DonneFs Eftate, her Majefty 's Pleafurc 
was to referve fome Ports and Caftles, and fome 
Lands to reward the Services of that Country's 
Gentlemen, intending that tbefe, and more efpeci*- 
ally the Mac Swyne^Sy fhould depend only upon her 
Majefty, and have Right to thofe Lauds by her 
Letters Patents . Touching Mac Gwire^s Country, 
hcrMajeftydireftcdlikeRefcrvationsof Land, for 
Forts and Rewards of Services, and generally in 
all Grants charged to referve her Majc^'s ancient 
Rights. Secondly, touching Suitors for Enter- 
tainmcntsin Pay, her Majefty*s Pleafurc was figni- 
fied to allow looo/. a Month, fo long as the Lord 
Deputy and the Council there fhould think fit, to 
be employed that Way, according to the Lord De- 
puty's Difcretion. But their Lordfhips advifed 
warily to obferve, and know, fuch as offered Sub- 
million, becaufeit had always been the Arch-Trai- 
tor's Prafticc, to let flip fuch as he could not defend, 
that they might fave their Goods, and live upon her 
Majefty, without any intent to do her Service. 
Lairly, whereas the Lord of DunkelUn by his Let- 
ters, in regard of fome Reftriftions, whereby he 
was difabled to ferve her Majefly as he defired, had 
made offer to refign the Government he had in the 
Province of Connaught. And for as much as the 
Queen was always unv/illing to employ any great 
Lord in his own Country, yet finding him placed in 
that Government by the Earl of EJfex^ had flill 
continued him there, only out of her fpecial Fa- 
vour to him. And fx)r that of late fome Infolen- 
cies had been offered to Companies of the Englijbj 
by the old Earl of Clanrickard*s Soldiers in her Ma- 
jefly'sPay. Their Lordfhip's fignified, that the 

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Queen's Pleafure was, to accept the Lord of Duh'^ 
kellin's Refignation, in the faireft Manner, and 
withal careful tendering of his Honour, advifingj 
the Lord Deputy to invite him to accompany his 
Lordfhip, and ferve in the Army under him . And 
Sir Arthur Savage then a Colonel of the Army, and 
lying with his Company tit j^fhlone^ was appointed 
Provifional Governor of the Province of Connaught^ 
except the Lord Deputy knew fome fufficient Cauf c 
to the contrary. The Lord Deputy having attain- 
ed his End or drawing the Army into the Nortb^ 
by the fafe landing and fettling of Loughfoyh Gar- 
rifon, in the fartheft North of Ireland^ on lyront'i 
back. His Lordftiip [the 28th of May hearing 
that Tyrone had drawn back his Men two Miles 
further into the Fafinefs , and being informed that 
the Pace of the Moyry^ by reafon of much wet 
lately fallen, and the Rebels breaking of the Cau- 
fey, was hard to pafs, returned by Carlingford 
Pace to Dundalkj and fo to Dublin^ where he un- 
derftood that the Rebels had in his Abfence burned 
the Pale, though he left for Defence of it 2000 
Foot and I7f Horfe in Leinfter^ but the Damage 
was not anl werable to the Clamour 5 for many pri* 
vate Men have in England fuftained greater Lo(s by 
cafualFireinTimeof Peace, than the whole Pale 
had done by the Enemy's burning in War, and ma- 
ny Private Men in England have in one Year loft 
more Cattle by a Rot, than the Pale loft by this 
fpoiling of the Rebels, of which they lamentably 
complained. Befides that indeed this burning and 
fpoiling of the very Pale, did further the grcateft 
End oF finifliing the Wars, no wayfo likely to be 
brought to an End, as by a general Faminie. 

Give me leave to digrels a little, to one of the 
fatal periods of Robert the noble Earl of EJfex his 
Tragedy, (and the laft but one, which was his 
Death) whereof the following relation was fent 
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at Tork Houfe in London^ about the hearing of 
my Lord of £^^ his Came, i8 Commiifioners, 
mz. my Lord of Canterburyj Lord Keeper, Lord 
Treafurer, Lord Admiral, Lords of fTorcefter^ 
Shrewsbury^ Cumberland^ Huntingtonj Darby ^ aiul 
Zoucbj Mailer Comptroller, Mafter Secretary, 
Sir John Fortefque^ Lord Popbam Chief Jufticc, 
Lord Anderjonj Chief Juftice of the Common 
Pleas, Lordi Perian Chief Baron of th« Exche* 

2i;er: Juftices, Gaudy and Walmejky. They fat 
rom 8 of the Clock in the Morning, till very near 
p at Night, all at a long Table in Chairs. At 
the Earf s coming in, none of the Commiffioneis 
ftirred Cap, or gave anv fign of Courtefy. He 
kneeledat the upper Enaof the Table, and a good 
while without a Cufhion. At length my-Lord of 
Canterbury moved my Lord Treafurcr, and they 
jointly my Lord Keeper and Lord Admiral, that 
. m over againfl: them, then was he permitted a 
Cuihion, yet ftill was fuffered to kneel, till the 
Queen's Sergeant's Speech was ended, when by the 
Confent of the Lords, he was permitted to ftand 
up, and after upon my Lord ot Canterbury'^ Mo* 
tionto have a Stool. 

The manner of Proceeding was this. My Lord 
Keeper firfl delivered the Caufeof the Aflembly, 
and then willed the Queen's Council at Law, viz. 
Sergeant, Attorney, Sollicitor, and Mafter Bacon 
to inform againft him. The Sergeant began, and his 
Speech was not long, only a Preface as it were to the 
Accufations. The Sum of it was, to declare the 
Oueen's princely Care and Provifion for the Wars 
m Ireland^ and alfoher gracious dealing with the 
Earl before he went, in difcharging loooo/. of 
his Debts, and giving him almoft fo much more, 
to buy him Horfes, and provide himfelf, and ef- 
pecially in her Proceedings in this Caufe, when as 
after fo great Occafion ot Ofibnce, as, the Con- 

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fumption of a Royal Army, fhiidefs waiting 
300000 d.Treafurc, Contempt, and Difobedicncc 
to her exprefs Commandment, {he notwithftand- 
ingwas content to be fo merciful towards him, as 
iBot to proceed againft him in any of her Courts 
of Juftice, but only in this private Sort, by Way 
of Mercy ^d Favour. 

After nim the Attorney began, whofe Speech 
contained the Body and Subilance of the Accufati- 
on, it was very ihsu'p, and flinging, for befides the 
many Faults of Contempt andDif(K)edience, where- 
with he charged him, he did alfo fhrewdly infer a 
dangerous Difpofition and Purpofe, which was by 
many rhetorical Applications, aggravated to the 
full I he divided his Speech into three Parts, ^m- 
fHodoingreffits^ ^omodo pregreffus^ ^omodo regref- 
fus 5 In the ingrefs, he obferved how large a Com- 
miffion he flood upon, fuch a one as never an/ 
Man had the like before, namely, that he might 
have authority to pardon all Traitors of hinitelf^ 
yea, to pardon Treafon committed againfl her Ma- 
jefly's own Perfon, and that he might manage the 
Wars by himfelf, without being tied to the Ad- 
vice of the Council of Ireland^ which Claufe he 
faid was granted, that he might at firfl proceed in 
the Northern Journey, which the Council of /rf 
land (whofe Lands and Livings lay in the South\ 
might perhaps hinder, and labour to divert him, to 
the Safe*guard of themfclvcs. In the other two 
Parts of his Speech were contained five fpecial 
Crimes, wherewith the Earl was charged, ^/z.His 
making the Earl of Southampton General of the 
Horfe. 2. His going to Leinfter and Munfitr^ 
when he fhould have gone to Uljler. 5 . His mak- 
ing fo many Knights. 4. His Conference with 
Tyrone, f . His Return out of Ireland^ contrary to 
her Majefly's Command. Thefe all faving the 
fourth, were recited by the Lords in their Cenfures, 
as the Crunes for which he was cenfured by them. 

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The firft was amplified, for that he did it contraty 
to her Majefty's Mind, plainly fignified unto him 
in England J that he increafed that Ofience^ bycon« 
tinuing him in that OfHce ftill, when her Majefty 
by Letters had exprefly commanded him to difplace 
him 5 and thirdly, for that he wrote a very bold 
prefumptuous Letter to her Majefty, in excufe of 
that Offence, which Letter was anerwards read. 
The fecond Point of his Southern Journey was ag"« 
gravated, in that it was made contrary to her Majef* 
ty *s advifed Refolution, agreed upon by her Coun<« 
cil, and approved by her martial Men, as the only 
means to reduce Ireland^ and contrary to the Earl's 
ownProjcft, yea, and that without the Advice of 
the Council ot Ireland ^(o^ as appeared by a Letter 
of theirs under their Hands, though now the Earl 
pretended their Advice for his own Excufe, where- 
upon followed the harrowing out, and the weak- 
nmg of the royalleftArmy that ever went out oiEng* 
iandy thev^fting of that huge Expence, and the 
Overthrow of the whole A6tion. The third point, 
viz. the making of Knights, was urged to have 
been contrary to her Majefty's exprefs Command- 
ment, a Queftion being once made, whether he 
fliould have that Authomy or no, becaufe he had 
abufed it before, yet the fame being at the lait 
grantedjwith this Limitation giving him inCharge, 
that he ihould make but few, and thofe Men of 
good Ability, whereas he made to the Number of 
do, and thofe fomc of his menial Servants, yea and 
that in a moft unfeafonable Time, when Things^ 
were at the worft, which ihould have been done 
upon Viftory and Triumph only. The 4th Point, 
namely, his Conference with the Rebel, was aggra- 
vated, in that it was an equal and fecret Conference, 
difhonourabletohcr Majefty, for him that fuftain- 
cd her Royal Perfon, to confer in equal fort with 
the bafcft and vilcft Traitor that ever lived^ a bufh 
Kerne, and bafe Son of a Bkckfrnithj fufpicious 

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Chap. 11. of IKBL AND. i6% 

alfo, in that it was private aiid fecret, no Man fuf^ 
feredto approach^ bjarefpecially no EngliJhmaH% 
theEnd of the Conference moil mameful, that the 
wretched Traitor fhoilld prefcribe Conditions to 
his Sovereign $ abominable and odious Conditions, 
apublickToleration of idolatrous Reli gion, Pai;r 
don for himfclf and all the Traitors in Ireland^ and 
full Reftitution of Lands and PofTefHons to all the 
fort of them. It was added j that before this Par- 
ley, a MefTenger went fecretly from the Earl's Camp 
to the Traitor, viz. Cz'pt^in Tbomas Leigh^ if not 
fent by the Earl, at leaft by his connivency, at 
Icaft by the connivency of the Marflial, whom 
the Earl did not punifh, Laftly, the f th Point was 
urged to be intolerably prcfumptuous, contrary to 
her Majcfty's exprefs Commandment in writing, 
under the Seal or her privy Signfet, charging him 
upon his Duty not to return until he heard further 
from her ^ that this his return was alfo exceeding 
dangerous, in that he left the Army divided unto 
two divers Men, the Earl of Ormond^ and the 
Lord Chancellor, Men whom himfelf had excep- 
ted aeainfl, ai unfit for fuch a Trufl:, and that he 
fo left this Army, as that if God his Providence 
had not been the greater, the Ruin and Lofs of the 
whole Kingdom had enfued thereupon. This was 
the Sum of the Accufation, every Part interlaced 
with mofl iharp and bitter rhetoricalAmplifications, 
which I touch not, nor am fit to write, but the 
Conclufion was (whereby a tafte of the fame may 
be had) that the Ingrefs was proud and ambitious, 
the Progrefs difobedient, and contemptuous, the 
Regrefs notorious and <kngerous. Among other 
Things the Lady Rich her Letter to the Queen 
was prcfled with very bitter and hard Terms : My 
Lady Rich her Letter he termed an infolent, faucy 
malipert Adtion. He propofed alfo in the End a 
Prefident for the Earl's Punifliment (faying, he 
was fain to feek fiu: for one gentle enough) : One 
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jytlliam of Britton Earl of Richmond^ who rcfii-^ 
fingto come home out of France upon the King's 
Letter^ was adjudged to lofe all his Goods, Lands^ 
and Chattels, and to endure perpetual Imprifon- 
ment. Matter Attorney particularly faid the fbl* 
lowing Words, whereas the Earl in his Letter ex- 
claimcth Otempora^ O Mores (for fo I think he con- 
ftmed thefe Words of his, O hard deftiny of 
mine, that I cannot ferve the Queen and pleafe her 
too)! Let me alfo fay with the Orator concerning 
himj H^c Regim intelUgit^ b£c Senatus videt^ hie 
tamen vivit. In the end of his Speech, Now 
(faith he) nothing remaineth but that wc inquire 
quo animo^ all this was done. Before my Lord 
went into Ireland^ he vaunted and boaftol, that 
he would fight with none but the Traitor himfelf, 
he would pull him by the Ears out of his Den, he 
would make the Earl tremble under him, ^c. But 
when he came thither, then no fiich Matter, he 
goes another Way,it appeareth pla inly he meant no- 
thing lefs than to fight with Tyrone. This was the 
Effe£t of Matter Attorney's part . 

Matter SoUic^tor his Speech followed, which 
contained the unhappy Succefs, which enfued in 
Ireland ^he^hc Earl's Departure, whereby appear- 
ed how little good the Earl had done, in that the 
Traitor was grown much more confident, more 
infolent, and ftronger than ever he was before, as 
appeared principally by his Declaration, which he 
hath given out fince the EarPs Departurc, vaunt- 
ing that he is the Upholder of the Catholick Faith 
' and Religion, that whereas it was given out by 
•fome that he would follow the Earl of Efex into 
..England^ he would perhaps fhortly appear in Eng- 
land \in\c to England's Good : Many Things he 
added to that Purpofe. 

After 



Chap.II. of IKELAND: 1^3 

After him Sir Francis Bacon concluded the Accu- 
fation with a very eloquent Speech. Firft by Way 
of Preface, fignifying, that he hoped both the 
Earl himfelf, and all that heard him, would con- 
iider, that the particular bond of Duty, which he 
then did and ever would acknowledge to owe unto 
the Earl, was now to be fequeftred, and laid afide. 
Then did he notably extol her Maiefty's Angular 
Grace and Mercy, whereof he faid the Earl was a 
fingular Work, in that upon his humble Suit, fhq 
was content not to profecute him in her Court of 
Juftice the Star-chamber, but according to his 
own eamcft Defire, to remove that Cup from him, 
(thofe he faid were the Earl's own Worcls in his Let- 
ter), and now to fuffer his Caufc to be heard. Inter 
frivatosparieteSj by Way of ^ Mercy and Favour on- 
ly, where no Manner of Difloyalty was laid to his 
Charge, for (quoth he) if that had been the Quef- 
tion, this had not been the Place. Afterwards 
pafling along moft eloquently through the Earl's 
Journey into Ireland^ he came to charge him with 
two Points not fpokcn of before. The firft was a 
Letter written by the Earl unto my Lord Keeper, 
very boldly and prefumptuoully, in derogation to 
her Majefty, which Letter he aifo faid was publifh* 
edby the EarPs own Friends. The points of the 
Letter which he ftood upon, were thefe j No Tem- 
peft to the paflionate Inaignation of a Prince ^ as if 
her Majefty were devoid of Reafon, carried away 
with Paflion (the only thing that joinethManand 
Beaft together): Her Majefty's Heart is obdurate, 
he would not fay that the Earl meant to compare her 
abfolutcly to Pharaoh^ but in this particular only, 
which muft needs be very odicxus. Cannot Princes 
err ; Cannot Subjefts fuffer Wrong ? As if hei: 
Majefty had loft her Virtues of Judgment, Juf- 
tice, y^. Far be it from me (quoth he) to attri- 
bute divine Properties to mortal Princes, yet this I 
muft truly fay, that by the Common Law of 

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England^ a Prince can do no Wrong, The laft 
point of that Letter, was a Diftinftion of the Du- 
ty a Subjed oweth to his Prince, that the Duty of 
Allegiance, is the only indiflbluble Duty, what 
then (quoth he) is the Duty of Gratitude ? W hat 
the Duty of Obedience ? ^c. The fecond point 
of Matter Bacon's Accufation was, that a certain 
dangerous fcditious Pamphlet, was of late put forth 
into print, concerning the firft Years of the Reign 
pf Henry the 4th, but indeed the end of Richard 
the fecond, and who thought fit to be Patron of 
that Book, but my Lord of Effixj who after the 
Book had been out a Week, wrote a cold formal 
Letter to my Lord of Canterbury^ . to call it in a- 
gain, knowmg belike that forbidden Things arc 
mofl: fought after : 'Phis was the Efitft of his 
Speech. The fpiecial points of the whole Accu- 
fation were afterwards proved by the Earl's own 
Letters, by fome of her Majefty's Letters, and 
the Councils, and by the Letter or the Earl of Or^ 
mond^nd others ot the Council of /r^&^, openly 
read by the Clerk of the Council. 

The Accufation ended, the Earl kneeling, be- 
gan to fpeak for himfclf, in EfFcft thus much. 
That ever fince it pleafed her gracious Majefty to 
remove that Cup from him (which he acknow- 
ledged to have been at his humble Suit) and to 
change the courfe of Proceeding againft him, 
which was intended in the Star-chamber 5 he laid 
afide all thought of juftifying himfelf in any of his 
Aftions, and that therefore, he had now refolved, 
with himfelf never to make any Conteftation with 
his Sovereign : That he had made a Divorce be- 
twixt himfelf and the World, if God and his 
Sovereign would give him leave to hold it j that 
the inward Sorrow and Affli£l:ions which he had 
laid upon his Soul privately, betwixt God and his 
Confcience, for the great Offtnce againft her 
Majelty, was more than any outward croft orAf- 

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Chap. 11. (7/ IRELAND. t6f 

fliftion that could poffibly befal him. That he 
would never excufenimfelf neither a toto nor a/^»- 
tOy from whatfoever Crimes of Error, Negligence, 
or inconfiderate Raihnefs, which his Youth, Fol- 
ly, or manifold Infirmities might lead him into^ 
only he muft ever profefsa loyal faithful unfpottcd 
Heart, unfeigned AfFeftion arid Defire, ever to do 
herMajcfty the beft Service he could, which ra- 
ther than he would lofe, he would, if Chriftia- 
nity and Charity did permit, fir ft tear his Heart out 
of his Breaft, with his own Hands. Put this always 
preferved untouched, he was raofl willing to confefs 
and acknowledge whatfoevef Errors and Faults 
it pleafed her Majefte to impute to him. The firit 
part of his Speech arew plenty of Tears from the 
Eyes of many of the Hearers > for it was uttered 
with great Paifion, and the Words excellently or- 
dered, and it might plainly appear, that he had 
intended to fpeak no more for himfelf . But being 
touched (as it feemed) with the overfharp Speeches 
of his Accufers, he humbly craved of their Lord- 
ihips, that whereas he had perceived many rhetof 
rical Inferences and Infinuations given out by his 
Accufers, which might a^gue a difloyal, malicious, 
wicked, and corrupt Affeftion in him, thev 
would give him leave, not in any Sort to excufe 
himfelf, but only by Way of Explanation, to lay 
down unto them thofe falfe Guides, which hadde-- 
ceived him^ and led him into all his Errors, and 
fo he entered into a Kind of anfwering Mafler uttr 
torney^s Speech, from point to point in order, al- 
ledging, for the point of his large Commiflion 
for pardoning Treafon againfl her Majefly's Per* 
fon, that it was a Thing he had learned of Mafter 
Attorney himfelf, only to meet with the Rebels 
Curiofity^ which hiad an Opinion, that all Treafon 
in Ireland^ might be interpreted Treafon againft 
her Majefby's Perfon, and therefore would trufl no 
Pardon without that Claufe. That in making the 

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Earl of Soutbtbamfton General of the Horfe, the 
deceivable guide which miflcd him, was an opinion 
that her Majefty might have been fatisfied with 
thofe Reafons wnich moved him, as alfo with thofe 
^ Reafons which he had alledged in his Letters, for 

Continuance of him in the Place, but that after 
he perceived her Majefty *s Mind plainly in her fc- 
cond Letter, he difplaced him the next Day : For 
his Journey into Afo»/?^r, he alledged divers Things, 

5 Principally that the Time of the Year would not 
erve for ^ C7//?^r Journey, and then the Advice 
of the Council there, which he protefted to al- 
ledge, not to cxcufe himfelf, but rather to accufe 
his own Errors, and the Errors of the Counfellors 
in Ireland: And whereas fome of them to excufe 
themfelves, and charge him the deeper, had now 
written the contrary, to the Council: He proteft- 
ed deeply that therein they had dealt moftfalfely, 
and it fecmeth (faith he) tnat God his juft Revenge 
hath overtaken two of them already, the Earl of 
Ormond by Blindnefs, and Sir fFarham St. Leger^ 
by violent Death. For his making of Knights, 
he alledged theNeceffity and Straights he was driven 
unto, that being the only Way he had to retain 
the Voluntaries, the Strength and Pride of the 
Army; that hemadebuttwo of his Servants, and 
thofe Men of fpecial Defert and good Ability : That 
he thought his Service ought not to be any Bar a- 
gain ft them, for the receiving the Reward of their 
Deferts. 

But before he had tlius waded through half his 
Anfwer, my Lord Keeper interrupted him, and 
told him, that this was not the courfc that was 
like to do him good, that he began very well in 
fubmitting himfelf, unto her Majefty's Mercy and 
Pardon, which he with the reft of theLords, were 
glad to hear j and no doubt but her princely and 
gracious Nature was by that way moft like to be 
inclined to him : That all extenuating of his Of*- 



Chap.ir. (7/ IRELAND. 167 

fence, was but the extenuating of her Majefly's 
Mercy in pardoning : That he with all the reft of 
the Lords would clear him of all Sufpicion of 
Difloyalty : and therefore he might do well to fparc 
the reft of his Speech, and fave Time, and com- 
mit himfelf to her Majefty's Mercy. And. when . 
the Earl replied, that it might appear by that 
hedge which he diligently put to all his Anfwqrs, 
that he fpake nothing but oiJy to clear himfelf from 
a malicious corrupt Affeftion. My JLord Keeper 
toldh^m again, that if thereby he.meant the Crime 
of Difloyalty, it was that which he needed hot. to • 
&ar, he was not charged with it, as the Place and 
Courfe taken againft him might warrant 5 all that^ 
was no w laid unto him, was Contempt and Dif*- . 
obedience. And if he intended to perlwade thcm^ . 
that he had difobeyed indeed, but not with a Pur- 
pofe of difobeying, that were frivolousi and.ab* 
iurd. 

Then ray Lord Treafurer began to fpeak, and- 
clearthe Earl from Sufpicion of Difloyalty, did ve- 
ry foundly controul divers of his other Excufes. 
: After him Mafter Secretary, making a Preface 
why he fpoke before his Turn, by Reafon of his. 
Place, took the mattex; in Hand, and firft notably 
clearing the Earl from all Sufpicion of Difloyalty, 
which he protefted he did from his Confcience,, 
and afterwards often iterated the fame, and pre-*, 
fcrved it unto him entire, he fpoke Angularly for 
the juftifying of her Majefty's fpecial Care and 
Wifdom for theWars in Ireland^ inproviding what- 
focver could be demanded by the Earl for that Ser- 
vice before his going out > with fupplyinjg him af- 
terwards with whatfoever he could ask, fo it were 
poflible to be given him : In prcfcribing that Courfe, 
which had it oecn followed, was the only Way to 
have reduced that Realm, and which being forfak-r 
en, was the only Ruin and Lofsof that Royal Ar* 
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^nd as for all' thofc Ettufcs Vhich the Earl al* 
Icdged tor himfclf he clearly cut them ofF, fhew- 
, ing that his Excufe of following the Council of 
Ireland's Advice was nothing, his Commiilion be*^ 
ing fo large that he was not bound to follow them ; 
and if be had been, yet were they a Council at his 
Command, h^ might force them to fav what he 
Uf): 3 his own Letters which he alledgea, might be 
provifionary, written of purpofe then to excufe 
mm now. To be ihort, he greatly juftified her 
Majefty's Wifdom in managing that whole A&ioa 
as much as lay in her, and laid the whole Fault of 
the bad Succeis in Ireland upon the EarVs ominous 
Journey (fo he called it) into Mwtfier : And thus 
ia the Behalf of her Maje(ly he fully &tisfied the 
Auditors. Maftcr Secretary gave the Earl his Right 
always, and ihewed more Curtefy than an^, yet^ 
faidhe, the Earl in all his Journey did oothmg elfe 
but make (as it were) Circles of Errors which 
wefse all bound up in the unhappy Knot of his dif** 
obedient Return. Alfo he gave the Earl free Li^ 
berty to interrupt him at any time in his Speech. 

But the Earl beii\g contented with the Opinion 
of 'loyalty fo clearly referved. unto him was moft 
willing to bear the whole Burthen of all the reft of 
the Accufation, and therefore never ufed any fuT'-* 
ther Reply 5 only by Rcafon of a Queftion or two^ 
that were moved by my Lord of Canterbury and my 
Lord Admiral, fomc little Speech there was to ana 
^ro. My L^rd of Canterbury's Queftion was con-» 
cerning the Conditions of yielding unto Tyrone in 
toleration of Religion $ the Earl heartily thanked 
him for moving that Doubt, and then protefted 
that it was a Thing mentioned indeed, but nevef 
yielded unto by him, nor yet ftood upon by thq 
Traitor, to whom the E^rl had faid plainly^ riang 
thee up, thou careft for Religion as much as my 
Horfc. Mafter Secretary alfo cleared the Earl iq 
th^t refpeft, thaf he never yielded to Tyrone in that 

foul 



Chap.II. fl/ I RE L A N D: i6^ 

foul Condition, though by reafon of Tyrone's 
vaunting afterwards, it might have fome Shew of 
Probability. By reafon of ray Lord Admiral's 
Queilion, the Earl fpake fomewhat of his Return, 
that he did it upon a falfc Ground of Hope, that 
her Majefty might pardon him, as flic did the Earl 
of Leicefter in the like Cafe, who returned out of 
the Low-Countries contrary to her Majefly's ex^ 
prcfs Letter. This I thought with my fclf (quoth 
the Earl) if Leicefiir were pardoned, whofe End 
was only to fave himfelf, why might not EJfix be 
pardoned, whofe End was to lave a Kingdom. But 
Matter Secretary replied, that upon his Knowl^ge 
there never paffed any Letter from her Majefty to 
forbid the E»arl of Lsicefter^s Return. 

Judge fFalmeJlefs Speech was more blunt than 
bitter : Priloners at our Bars (faith he) are moro 

fracelefs, they will not confefs their Faults. Again : 
le compared my Lord's coming Home, and leaving 
the Army there, to a Shepherd that left his Flock 
to the keeping of his Dog. 

In Conclufion, the Earl protefted that all ho 
fought for was the Opinion of a true and a loyal 
Subjeft, which might appear by the S peech,where» 
with he hedged in all his Amwers, namely, that 
he intended only to fliew thofe falfe Guides, which 
mifled him, whether they were his own Errors, or 
the Errors of his Counfellors, whom he followed^ 
that he yielded himfelf wholly to her Majefty's 
Mercy and Favour, and was ready to offer up nis 
poor Carca(s unto her, he would not fay to do (for 
lilafs he had no Faculties), but to fuffer whatfoevcr 
her Majefty fliould infli£b upon him, and fo requeft* 
cd them all to make a juft, honourable, and favour** 
able Report of his difordered Speeches, which had 
fallen from him in fuchSort as his akingHead andBo* 
dy weakened with Sicknefs would give him Leave. 
This done, they proceeded to the Cenfure. My 
Lord Keeper beganwith a good, powerful, and elo- 
<^uent Speech. That 



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That by Jafticc and Clemency the Throne is 
eftablifhed 5 as for Mercy, her Majefty had rcferv 
edit to herfelf 3 but for the fatisfying of her JufUce 
ihe had appointed them to enquire into the Caufe. 
That they were to enquire only of thoJTe Faults of 
Contempts and Difobedience laid unto the Earl^ 
and to cenfure him accordingly ^ and for her Mer- 
cy, 'they had nothing to do with it, only God.was 
to work it in her princely Breaft. In examining the 
EarPs Faults he laid theie for his Grounds, that the 
two Grounds and Foundations of the Princc*sScep- 
ter and Eflate are, the Reputation of adiligent and 
careful Providence for the Prefervation of her 
Eiftate and Countries, and the Obedience of her 
Subjefbs 5 and he that ihould take either of thefe 
from her, fhould take from her the Crown and 
Scepter. For the firft, he notably fhewed at large 
how herMajefly haddeferved it in the wholeCourfc 
of the Irijb Wars 5 for Obedience he fhewed the 
Nature of it, confifbng in precifely following the 
ftreight Line of the Prince's Commandment, and 
upon that Strain he amplified to the uttermofl all 
the Earl's Contempts and Difobediences, that her 
Majefty 's great Mercy might appear the more 
dearly. Among the reft, (for he went through 
them all in order), he anlwered thus to the Pre- 
tence of Leicefter's Precedent for Excufe of the 
Earl's Return : In good things, the Example is 
better than the Imitation of another ^ . he that doth 
well of his own Head doth beft, and he that doth 
well by Imitation doth conunendably in a lefs De- 
gree y but in bad things the Proportion is othcrwifcjf 
the Example being naught the Imitation is worfc : 
Therefore, if my Lord of Leicefter did Evil in 
coming over contrary to the Queen's Command- 
ment, my Lord of EJfex did worfe in imitating my 
Lord of Leicefter^ and is fo much the more to be 
puniihed for it. In the End he came to the Cenfure, 
which was this : If, quoth he, this Caufe had been 

heard 



chap. 11. <?/ 1 R E L A N D. x7i 

heard in the Star-Chamber my Sentence mud: have 
been fo great a Fine as ever was fet upon any Man's 
Head in that Court, and perpetual Imprifonment 
in that Place which belongeth to a Man of his 
Quality, that is, the Tower j but now that we are 
in another Place, and in a Courfe of Favour, my 
Cenfure is, that he is not to execute the Office of a 
Counfellor, nor to hold himfelf for a Counfellor of 
Eftatc, nor to execute the Office of Earl Marfhal 
of Englandj nor of the Mailer of the Ordnance, 
and to return to his own Houfe, there to continue , 
a Prifoner as before, till it ihall pleafe her Majcfty 
to teleale both this and all the reft. 
. After my Lord Keeper all the reft in Order gave 
their Cenfures, (amplifying her Majefty's Clemen- 
cy and the EarPs Offences) according to the Man« 
nerin the Star-Chamber j but all accorded to this 
Cenfure, (for fo they called it, and not a Sentence). 
Mafter Secretary faid, my Cenfure is, that the E^rl 
defervetb, (^c. The greater Part of the Day was 
fpent in the Lords Cenfures, who were many of. 
them very long, only the Noblemen (not Coun^ 
fcUors) werefhprt. 
The Earl of fForceftercM^. thefe two Verfes j 

Scilicet a Superis etiamfortuna luendaefi^ 
N^c vmiam^ l<e[o numm^ cafus babet. 

Even for our Fortune Gods may caft us down. 
Neither can Chance excufe if a God frown. / 

The Earl of Cumierlandiudi^ if he thought that 
Cenfure fliould ftand he would crave longer time, 
for it feemed unto him fomewhat hard and heavy, 
intimating how eafily a General Commander mignt 
incur the like 5 but (quoth he) in Confidence of 
her Majefty's Mercy, I agree with the reft. 

The Lord Zeucb would give no other Cenfure 
but that which he thought the Earl would lay upon 

himlelf. 



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himfelf, that was, that he would reftrain himfelf 
from executing his Offices, ^c. and keep himfelf 
in his Houfe till her Maiefly (hall releafeali. 

They all feemed by their Speeches to conceive a 
{lire Hope x>i her Majefty's releafing this Ccnfure, 
and the Earl was reafonably chearful, only his Body, 
feemed weak add diftempered with Sickncfs, and 
now and then he ihewed moft manifeft Tokqis of 
Sorrow for his Offence to her Majeflty by Tears 
in his Eyes, (fpecially in the firft Part of iiis own 
Speech, and when my Lord Keeper fpoke). 

Now I return to the Irijb Affairs. 7'yrone on the 

{th of June wrote to the Countefs of Ormond^ that 
e had written to Owny Mac Rory^ requefling him 
to take Pledges for the Earl her Husband, and fo 
to enlarge him, conditionally, that he fhould fwear 
to do henceforward no Hurt or Hindrance to any in 
A6Hon with him. And further, that the young 
Lady his Miffarefs, (meaning the Earl's Daughtei: 
and Heir) fhould in no Sort be taken for a Pledge^ 
dpecially becaufe it was given out, that under tmit 
Colour ne fought to marry her to his eldell Son* 
Avowing laftly, that where it was faid that the 
Earl was trcacheroufly furprifed, (which could 
hardly have been fo proved, xh^x Tyrone and his re* 
bellious Confederates fhould have believed it), he 
would in that Cafe not only take his Favour from 
Owny^ but procure the EarPs Enlargement with- 
out any Condition, though by his Rele^e all Ire-^ 
land fhould be deftroyed. To the fame Eflfe6t ?>- 
rone writ to the Earl of Orntondy whofc Letter he 
ftuced with general Complaints againfl the Earl 
for the rigorous Profecutions he had formerly made 
againft him and his AfTociates 5 but this Letter 
being permitted to be fent to Dublin^ the faid Point 
could not be thought void of that Cunning where- 
in the Writer excelled. A third Letter he wrot6 
at the fame time to Owny Mac Rory^ making Owny 
himfelf Judge whether he hiid trcacheroufly taken 

the 



Chap.n. «/ IRELAND. 175 

the Earl or no, advifing him to take the befl; 
Pledges he could (the aDove-named' young Lady 
excepted) > and for more Security, to fend them 
to be kept in fyrone^ if he concurred with him in 
Opinion, that his fo doing would be more fafe than 
if Owny himfelf fhould keep them in thofe Parts, 
Thefe Letters he dated (fonooth) from his Camp 
near the Nenvry^ fo gallant was the Gentleman, 
now the Lord Deputy was returned with his For- 
ces into the Pale, who otherwife never appeared in 
Camp, but hid himfelf and his in boggy Woods 
and like fortified Paflages. 

The 8th of June the Lord Deputy wrote to 
Matter Secretary concerning the State of Con* 
naughty wherein nothing was furely the Qucen*$ 
but AthUne by a provident Guard, and Galhxiay by 
their own good Difpolltion, wifhing that the Go* 
vemment of that Province might be conferred oi| 
the Earl of Southampton^ (to whom the Lord of 
DunkelUn would more willingly refign, and might 
do it with greater Reputation to himfelf, in refpe£k 
of the Earrs Great nefs), rather than upon Sir u/r- 
tbur Savage^ (who notwithftanding upon the 
Qjeen's Pledfure again fignified, was fhortly after 
made Governor ofthat Province) . His Lordfhip 
protefted that it was fuch a Place as he knew the 
Earl would not feek, but only himfelf delired this^ 
becaufe he knew the Earl's Aptnefs and Willingnefe 
to do the Queen Service, if he might receive fuch 
a Token or her Favour, juftly commending his 
Valour and Wifdom, as well in general, as in the 
late particular Service in the Moyrj^ when the Rear 
being left naked, he by a refolute Charge with 6 
Hone upon TCyrone in the Head of 12.0 Horfe drove 
him back a Musket-fliot, and fo affuring the Rear, 
faved the Honour of the Queen's Army. To which 
Purpofe, though not fo amply, his Lordihip alfo 
wrote to the Queen. 

At 



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At this Time the County oi Dublin, on the South 
of the River Lifj, was in cflfeft wholly over-run 
by the Rebeb^ the County o^ Kitdare vrzs like- 
wife poffeffed or wafted by theitaj the County of 
Meatb was wafted, as alfo the County of H^eft^ 
Meatb (excepting the Barony of Delviti), and the 
County of Lowtb: So that in the Englijb Palc^ 
the Towns having Garrifons, and the Lands from 
Drogbeda (or Tredagb) to the Navan, and thence 
back to Trim, and fo to Dublin, were only inhabited, 
which were alfo like to grow wafte, if they were 
further charged with the Soldiers. 

The I f th of June the Lord Deputy wrote to Sir 
Artbur Cbicbefier, Govemour of Carrickfergus, 
that he fliould not foare the Subjefts lately fubmit* 
ting who prote6ted the Rebels Goods 5 that he 
Ihould receive no more, but fuch as would fimply 
fubmit and give good Pledges, neither ihould sive 
Pay to any except he knew their Service would be 
very beneficial to the Queen > that he fhould con- 
tinue to treat with thelflander Scots, till Advice 
came out of England what Courfe ihould be taken 
with them j that he fhould take in Sbane 6 Neal 
with Promife of Lands and Entertainment, and 
Promife that for Preys he ihould take* of the 
Rebels, if the Englijb aflifted him, he ihould have 
a third Part, and if he took them without the Af- 
fiftance of the Englijb, he ihould have three Parts 
of four. 

The ipth of June the Lord Deputy advertifed 
Mafter Secretary that he was more troubled to go- 
vern the FricMS than to fupprefs the Enemies ^ 
that finding the Army a meer Chaos, he had given 
it Form 5 that finding it without Spirit, he had 
given it Life > that in all Attempts he had preferv- 
cd the whole Body of it, and every Part, from any 
Blow, rcftored the Reputation of it, and poflefTed 
it with a Difpofition to undertake, and a Likeli- 
hood to efFe£k great Services 5 that he had omitted 

nothing. 



Chap. II. 0/ IRELAND. ^ i7jr 

nothing, which might be performed bv this Army, 
in this Eftate, during this Time j that the Aflu* 
ranee the Irijb had received of Succours from Spain 
was the only Fewel of the laft Blaze of this Rebel* 
lion : Therefore praying, that except Mafter Se- 
cretary had fofne Certainty that Spain would not at 
that Time aflift the Rebels, the Armv might by all 
Means be ftrengthened, which would be neceflary 
if fuch Afliftance were fent, and would make an 
End of the Wars if none were fent. And how- 
foever that befel, yet for prevention of Munition 
and fuch Supplies to be furnifhed to the Rebels 
from Spain^ advifing that fome few of the Queen's 
Ships might lie on the Weft, and fomewhat to- 
wards the North of Ireland : Adding that fome lit* 
tie Boats made both to row and to lail, would bar 
the Iflandcr Scots from fupplying the Rebels with 
any Munition j and that his Lordfhip to meet with 
the Earl oiOrmond^ (lately fet free by Owny macRo^ 
ryy who had taken him Prifoner), that Day took 
his Journey towards Catherloghj where he hoped to 
found the Bottom of the Conditions of his Delive- 
ry, with the beft Courfe how to difintangle him, 
and by his Conference to make a (hre wd Guefs how 
the Earl ftood affe£ted in thefe doubtful Times. 
His Lordfhip in his next Letters advertifed into 
England^ that he was not privy nor confenting to 
the giving of Pledges at the Earl of Ormondes De- 
livery j- but fince they were given, in regard of 
her Majefty's extraordinary Care for the EarPs Li- 
berty, he did not ihew any manifeft Diflike there- 
of j and now conceived the Earl did apprehend the 
Indignity done to him by thofe bafe Traitors, and 
therefore had fuch a Spleen stgainft them, as he had 
joined with him in divers Plots as well to recover 
the Pledges (wherein the Earl protefted to fpare no 
Money, if they were fo to be redeemed 5 bcfides, 
that he and tneir Fathers protefted that their 
Danger ihould not hinder them from doing their 

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uttennofl; Service to the Queen) as alTo to work his 
Revenge upon the Rebels. 

At this time Tyrone attending the Garrifon at 
Lough foyle^ and 6 Donnel ftarting through Connaugbt 
into Tbomondy and fpoiling both Countries, Sir 
Samuel Bagnol drew out of tne Newry into Monagb^ 
an^ where he took a Prey, and killed fix Comman*^ 
ders, and fome fixty of the common Rebels, only 
three of his being flain, and twenty hurt. 

The Subjeflrs of the Pale (fearing belike to be 
complained on for the fmall Aififlance they gave to 
the Queen's Service) fent over the Lord of Howfb 
and Sir Patrick Barnewell to make firft Complaint 
(after the Irijh Manner) of the Wrongs done them 
by the Army, never acquainting the Lord Deputy 
and Council therewith : And not withftanding their 
former linwillingnds to bear any Charge ror the 
Qjteen's Service, now they were content, forthefe 
their Deputies Expence in England^ to cefs tvery 
Plow-land at 3 s. 

From the 7th of July to the 12th, Sir Oliver 
Lambert with fome Troops lay encamped at the 
Toucher in Ophalia^ where he made a Caufcway, 
and built a Fort, and there left a Guard to keep the 
Paflage always open for the vi£tuallirigofPA;7i^wni 
Fort, in which Service the Earl of Southampton^ as 
a Voluntary, by his Prefencc and Valour much en- 
couraged our Men. At this time many of the Re- 
bels in Leinfier^ and the Northern Bordors made 
Suit to the Lord Deput;^ to be received to Mcrcyj 
with Offers of large Sums of Money to the Lord 
Deputy for their Pardons, but his Ilordihip rcfii- 
fed their Offer till they had fitft done fome Service, 
and had drawn Blood againfl feme of their Confer 
derates. Thus much his I^ordfliip advertifed into 
England the i6th of yuly^ as like wife a good Ser- 
vice prcfently done, and a great Prey taken in the 
Fufe by Sir Richard Moryfon the Govemour oi 
Dundalk. 

The 



Chap.n. tf/ IRELAND. m 

The fame twelfth of July hi$ Lordihip took his 
Journey towards the Borders of the North upon 
hearing that Tyrone was drawn into thofe Parts: 
There his Lordlhip intended to fpoil the Corn, as 
like wife in all other Parts, when it Ihouldbe a little 
riper. Mac Mabowne^ ^Xid P atrick Mac Art MoyU^ 
offered now to fubmit, but neither could be receiv- 
ed without the other's Head : But 6 Connor Roe 
Mac Guire^ for good Refpe£ts of Sei^vice, was at 
the fame time received to Mercy. His Lordfhip 
hearing that Tyrone contained himfelf in his Faft- 
nefs, and being required out of England to attempt 
fomething upon the Z^//:?/^r Rebels, left the Nor- 
thern Borders ftrongly guarded againft any Invafi- 
on, and left Order with the Council to haften the 
general Hoafting, and make ready all Provifions for 
a Journey into die North, and leaving jD«W/» the 
1 2th of Auguftj rode to the Naas^ and fo marched 
to the Fort of Pbilipjiown in Opbaly^ with f 60 
Foot and 60 Horfe, befides Voluntaries in his Com- 
pany. 

In the way into Leax his Lordfhip took a Prey 
of zoo Cows, 700 Garrons, and f 00 Sheep, be- 
fides great Store of fmall Cattle. The i6th of 
Augufi^ his Lordfhip burning the Country and 
fpoiling the Corn, marched towards the Paflagc, 
(one of the moft dangerous in Ireland^ where Sir 
Oliver Lambert with the Forces he had was to meet 

• 

him. Both of them fought all the Way, and 
killed divers Rebels, whereof the Lord Deputy 
left ly dead in the Place, befides many hurt, they 
met together at Noon. The 17th Day the Army 
inarched towards a Faftnefs, where the Rebels had 
ftored great Plenty of Com. At the Entry there 
was a Ford, compafied in with Woods, and a Bog 
between them, where the Rebels let the Van- 

fuard of the Horfe pafs j but his Lordfhip paf- 
ng with a few Gentlemen, and his own Servants 
be^Dre the Van-guard of the Foot, the Rebels be^ 
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gan the Skirmifh with him, and the Foot«W ings 
being flowly fent out, they came clofe up to him, 
the Traitor Tyrrel having appointed loo Shot to 
wait on his Lordfhip's Perfon, with Marks to know 
him. In this Skirmifh we killed 3f Rebels, and 
hurt 7f on our Part, two only being killed, and 
a few (lightly hurt, Capt. Mafterfon dangeroufly 
hurt in the Knee, and his Lordfhip having a very 
good Horfe killed under him, and^ another killed 
under Mafter John Cbidley a Gentleman of his 
Lordfhip's Chamber : But the beft Service at that 
time done, was the killing of Owny mac Rary^ a 
bloody and bold young Man, who lately had ta- 
ken the Earl of Ormond Prifoner, and had made 
great Stirs in Munfter. He was the Chief of the 
6 Mores Sept. in Leax^ and by his Death they were 
fo difcouraged, that they never after held up their 
Heads. Alfo aboldbloody Rebel Callogb mac fTah 
ter^ was at the fame Time killed. Befides that his 
Lordfliip's ftaying in Leax till the ijd of Augufi^ 
did many other Ways weaken them > for during 
that time, he fought almoft every Day with them, 
and as often did beat them. Our Captains, and by 
their Example (for it was otherwife painful) the 
common Soldiers, did cut down with their Swords 
all the Rebels Corn, to the Value of loooo/.and 
upward, the only Means by which they were to 
live, and to keep their Bonnaghts (or hired Sol- 
t»t» diers.) It feemed incredible, tnat by fo barbarous 

-: 7*- S Inhabitants, the Ground fhould be fo manured, 
Z/t: *' ''the Fields fo orderly fenced, the Towns fo frc- 
fl^S:^^ auently inhabited, and the High- ways and Paths 
^' ' *\ fo well beaten, as the Lord Deputy here found 
t Ci f them. The Reafon whereof was, that the Quecn*s 
U'J^A-j. Forces, during thefe Wars, never till then came 
5> 2^^ among them. The Lord Deputy in his Return 
the firft Day pafled into another Part of the Coun- 
try with the Foot alone 5 for the Horfe not able 
*to pafs were fent about, fo as the Rebels had the 

Advantage 



Chap. IL (?/ I R E L A N D. 179 

Advantage they moft defire, to fight with our 
Foot, without Afliftance of Horfc : Yet all the ^ 
Rebels of Leinfter here gathered together, and 
fighting upon their natural Ground, had been fo 
beaten, as that they fufFered our Men to pafs with^ 
' out a Blow. That Night 8 Heads were brought 
to the Lord Deputy, and with them one Lenagh a 
famous Rebel, talcen alive, who was prefehtly 
hanged on the fame Tree, where he plotted all his 
Villanies. Sir Oliver Lambert^ with fome Troops 
marched into Donnel Spagniaks Country, where 
he took I GOO Cows, foo Garrons, great Store of 
Sheep, and killed 20 Rebels at the firft Entry, be- 
fides many killed in Fight, which the ^Rebels af- 
ter maintained all the Day and Part of the Night* 
Sir Arthur Savage coming out of Connaught to meet 
the Lord Deputy, fought long with the Rebels, 
fpoiled the Courttry, and took a great Prey, but 
could not pafs to his Lordfhip. In the Lord De- 
puty's Return out of Leax^ Redmond^ Keating^ 
and the Chief of the Septs of the Kellies and Lalors 
were received into her Majefty's Protection, upon 
Condition to fet at Liberty the Earl of Ormondes 
Pledges in their Hands. 

By this time his Lordfhip had received out of 
England gracious Allowance of his former Nor- 
thern Journey, with her Majefty's Promife to re- 
inforce the Army with 2000 Foot, and 200 Horfc^ 
againfi: the next Journey into thofe Parts, requi- 
ring him not to give any one Man the Command 
of both Horfe and Foot 5 and whereas all Com- 
panies were of 200, or ifo, advifing to diftri- 
Dutefome Part intolefs Numbers, thatmoreGen- 
tlemen might be fatisfied with Commands, with 
the only Increafe of fome chief Officer's Pay, and 
that his Lordfhip would be fparing to give Paf- 
ports for any to come into England^ to trouble her 
Majefty with Suits, and moft of all not to fufFer 
a le Men to return out of Ireland^ as they dail^ 

M z dia^ 



1 
1 



i8o Moryson'5 Hiftory Bookl. 

did, with their Captains Pafsports. And to the 
End the Commanders might not be idle, her Ma- 
jefty required, that all Services done by them, 
might be certified monthly into England. About 
this time the Earl of Southampton^ leaving the 
Wars of Ireland^ {ixXtdi into England. This Sum- 
mer's Service made it appear, that Journeys with 
a great Army did not fo much good, as Garrifons 
lying upon the Rebels, which upon any fudden Ser- 
vice, might eafily be drawn together m competent 
Numbers, and in the mean time kept the Rebels 
at home, from feconding one another. 

The Lord Deputy by his Letters,^ during the 
forefaid Journey, explained to the Lords in Eng'- 
land, that he had been mofl: careful not to incre^e 
her Majefty's Charge in any thing, the want 
whereor would not have made the relt of her great 
Expence to be unprofitable : And to the End the 
Commanders might not be thoughtto lie idle, be- 
fides the good Fortune that none of them had re- 
ceived any blow, he particularly remembred ma- 
ny Preys taken, and Services done, and for the 
cnief GaiTifons on the North Borders, advertifed, 
that Sir jirthur Chichefier had laid all the Coun- 
try wafte within 20 Miles of Carrickfergus ; that 
Sir Samuel Bagnol at the A^(?it;rv had done the like 5 
that Sir Richard Moryfon at Dundalk had banifhed 
Tiirlough mac Henry out of the Fuze into Aionaghan^ 
and yet the two laft, with moft Part of their Gar- 
jrifons, had been Part of the Army in all former 
Journies. 

The 26th of Augujl his Lordfhip returned from 
this Journey of Leax to Dublin^ and there received 
Advertifement, that her Majefty could not refufc 
to hear the Complaints of the Pale, by the De- 
puties formerly mentioned to be fent over, though 
ihe had fliarply rebuked them, that they did not 
firft complain to the Lord Deputy, whicn they ex- 
cufed by Experience, that liKe Complaints in Ire^' 

land 



chap;!!. <?/ IRELAND. - i8i 

land had ever been vain. The chief Complaints 
were thefej that the Forces that fliould lie upon 
the Borders, near, the Rebels, were lodged upon 
them. That the fetching of one Barrel of Pow- 
der was often made a fufficient Reafon to fpoil 
them, by a Company of Horfe and Foot fent to 
convoy it. That the Clarkihip of the Council 
was fold, and then executed by a Deputy, who 
for every fmall Petition took great Fees. Th^t 
the fpiritual Livings were given to ignorant and 
idle Performs, being the chief Caufe of this Rebel- 
lion > fcarce any Church (landing for 60 Miles be- 
tween Dublin and Athlone. That they were fpoil- 
cd as much by the Army as Rebels, no Soldier 
nor Captain being punifhed, nor any order given 
for Remedy taking effeft. That private Captains 
gave Paflports to Run-aways, and her Majefty was 
deceived oy falfe Matters, fo as the Forces were 
weak to end the War, aiui they were fpoiled as 
much as if the Number were full requiring that 
fome Gentlemen of the Pale might be joinecTwith 
the Commiflaries, in taking the Mufters of adja-- 
cent Garrifons. In the fame Letter her Majefty 
commanded the Lord Deputy to fignify to Sir 
Arthur 6 Neal^ that flie purpofed to create him 
Earl of Tyrone^ and give him a Portion of Lands 
fit for an Earldom. And for Tyrone^ that the Lord 
Deputy ihould proclaim him Traitor, with Pro- 
mile of 2.000/. to any ihould bring him alive, 
and 1000/. to him that ihould bring his Head to 
any of her Majefty's Forts or Garrifons. Laftly, 
her Majeily gave Letters of Favour to the De- 
puties of the Pale, direded to the Lord Deputy, 
to whom the Complaints were wholly referred, it 
being her Majefty's Pleafure, that only before 
him, and by him, they ihould be heard and rc- 
dreiTed. 

Yet becaufe the Lord Deputy was many ways 
taxed in thefe Complaints, he did expoftulate in 

M J ^v% 



i%t Moryson'5 Hiftory Bookie 

Jiis next Letters to Matter Secretary, that he 
ibould be taxed for thofe things, for which he 
cxpe&ed Approbation and Thanks. The wifeft 
Counfels (faid he) are uncertain, and the wifeft 
Men unperfefk, and what fhall I look for, when 
out of my Weaknefs (though free from Wilful- 
nefs) I fliall happen to commit any Error of Con- 
fequence, feeing I api now charged with fo many 
Matters, and thofe nothing belonging to me. His 
Lordfhip added, that in his Opinion, nothing had 
made the Affairs of Ireland' more unprofperous, 
thaa that the State ufed to hear every Man againft 
and before the chief Governor, fo as he was dri-^ 
ven to let Matters go as they would, fo as he might 
fave himfelf. Another difcontented Letter he wrote 
to the fame Effeft, and to the fame Perfon, but 
thereiq explained other Grievances, befides the 
former Complaints. Apd whereas the Lords of 
the Council had taxed him, for being ruled by 
young Counfel (whereby he underftoqd his three 
tnoft familiar Friends to be meant, namely. Sir 
Henry DaverSj Sir Richard Moryfon^ and Sir fFth 
liam Godolpkin) he boldly anfwered, that befides 
the Counfeilors of State, he ufed the Familiarity 
of none, which were not older than Alexander the 
Great, when he conquered the World. Laflly, 
be protefled to Mafler Secretary, that he took 
him for his chiefeft Friend, and knew that he had 
ipore Power to do him good or hurt, than any 
Other, yet as he would not difhoneflly lofe him, 
fo he would not bafely keep him, befeeching him 
to ufe his Power, in mediating Licence unto hina^ 
^hat he might come over for aihort time, to kifs 
the Queen's Hand, for touching other Favours con- 
<:erning the Publick, he would never acknowledge 
any particular Obli^tion to him, or to any other, 
fince he made his Demands as he thought bcft for 
the Service, but the granting or denying thereof, 
concerned not hipa* 

the 



Chap.n. «/ IRELAND. 



>«J 



The Mufier of the Army at Dundalk, before tbt 
fitting down at the Faghard Hill. 

Note, In the firfi Column are the Names of the 
Colonels of the Regiments, in the third a Lifi of 
the private Men, in the fifth the Lifi by Mufier, 
in the fixth the Nitmber of Iriihmen, in the _/»- - 
ventb the Number tf Swords wanting, in the laft 
the Number of Sick and hurt lyit^ at Dundalk. 



Czpt. Ber- 
ry, 47i. 



Under the 
Lord Dc-' 
puty,4oo. 



Sir C&ri- 

fiopher St. 

Laurence, 

367- 



'The Lord 
Deputy'; 
Guard. 
The Mar- 
{hal SirR. 
>mngfield. 
The Serj 
Major, Sir 
Oliv.Lam- 
bert. 
Captain 
Handferd. 

Capt.F//J- 
• er. 

'Sir Chri- 
ftopher St 
Laurence. 

Sir ' Henry 
Foliiot. 

Earl of 
Kildare. 

S'a Francis 
\jSbane. 



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Sir Charles 
Percy. 



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fFilHams. 



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Captain 

Staunton. 

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Moryfon. 

Sir Henry 
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Moryfon A Captain 

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sir Oliver 
Si. John,- 
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Sir OUvir 
St. John. 



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Sir Thomas 
fVingfield 

Capt. Bil- 
lings. 

Captain 
Treavor. 

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of Dublin. 

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nol with 
broken 
companies 
and his 



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mend. 

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The greateft Part of the Army have neither Ar- 
mours nor Murrions, neither are here mentioned 
the Sick and Hurt in other Places befidcs Dundalk^ 
nor yet the Warders allowed out of Tome of thefe 
Companies. 

The 14th of September his Lordfhip began ano- 
ther Journey into the North, and the i f th encamp- 
ed at the Hill of Fagbard^ 3 Miles beyond Dundalk, 
and there his Lordmip ky till the ^th of O&ohtr, 



i%6 MortsonV Hi^ory BookL 

in fuch Extremity of Weather, as would have 
kindred his Paflage, if the Enemv had not with- 
flood him, his Lordlhip's Tent oeing continual- 
ly wet, and often blown down. Before his Lord- 
mip came, Tyrone with his uttermoft Strength had 
poflefled the Af0>Tj^, being a ftrong Faftnefs, as any 
the Rebels had, buthisLordfhip refolved to marcn 
over him, if he flopped his Way, and make him 
know, that his Kerne could not keep the Fortifi- 
cation againft the Queen's Forces. Many Skir- 
mifhes fell out happily to us, and two feveral Days 
the Rebels were beaten out of their Trenches with 
great Lofs, till at laft, upon the 8th of ORbber^ 
they left the Paffagc clear. Then after the Army 
was a few Days refreflied at Dundalk^ his Lord- 
ihip marched the lift of ORober to the Newryy 
pamng through the Moyry^ where he caufed all 
the Rebels Trenches to be laid flat to the Ground, 
and the Woods to be cut down on both Sides of 
the Pace. At the Newry^ for want of Vidtuals, 
his Lordfhip ftaid till the id of November^ when 
he fet forward eight Miles towards Armaghy and 
there encamped. The Rebels Horfcmen fliewed 
thcmfclves upon a Hill 5 whereupon Sir Samuel 
BagnoPs Regiment having the Rear, and beini 
not yet come into the Camp, was diredbed to marcJ 
towards them, there being a Bog between us and 
them, but the Rogues quickly drew to their Faft- 
nefs. The next Morning his Lordftiip rode fome 
Qyarter of a Mile from the Camp, and viewed a 
Place where Sir John Norris formerly intended to 
build a Fort, and liking his Choice, fat down 
there with the Army to build the fame. The 
Place is a Hill like a Promontory, all invironed 
with Bogs, a River, and great Store of Wood. 
By it on the right Hand over the River and a 
^reat Bog, was a little firm Ground, and then an- 
other Bog, and over that a fair Country, with 

Houfet 



Chap.II. V IRELAND. 187 

Houfes and much Corn. His Lordihip could by 
no means fend over any Horfc, but four Miles a- 
bout ^ wherefore he commanded a Regiment of 
Foot to advance to the firft Piece of firm Ground, 
and from thence to fend over the next Bog fome 
few Men, to bring in the Corn and Timber of 
the Houfes, with Direftions to make their Re- 
treat to the Grofs, if the Enemies Horfes fhould 
fall down that Way. On the left Hand and be- 
fore was a Bog, over the Bog before a great Wood, 
that continueth through all this Faftnefs, and over 
the Bog on the left Hand a Hill, where Tyrone all 
that Day and moft of the time that the Army lay 
there, aid mufterhimfelf and his Men. This Day 
moft of his Horfe and Foot fell over, but far a- 
bout on the right Hand, upon which, our Strag- 
lers that went out retired to the firm Ground, over 
the firft Bog, and there began between our Foot 
and theirs, a very good SKirmifh, till our Men 
did beat them off, and brought with them great 
Store of Com and Wood, and killed divers of 
them. In the mean time, their Scouts on the 
other Side being fomewhat bufy with ours, Neal 
i ^in Was taken Prifoner, being the chief Fa- 
vourite unto Tyrone. The next Day we began to 
work, in the building of the Fort, and to impeach 
our Work, the Rogues began to skirmifh with 
us on both Sides, which was excellently main- 
tained by fome few of our Men, that we fent 
out : We faw many of them killed, and after un- 
derftood they loft a great Number, whereof ma- 
ny were Horfemen, of the beft fort, that had 
lighted to incourage their Men to fight. They 
were then fo well beaten, as they would never ^ 
ter offer to meddle with us, tiU pur Return by 
Carlingford. The pth of November the Fort being 
finifhed, his Lordihip called it Mount- Norris^ in 
Honour of his Mafter, (fo he termed him, under 
whom he had ferved his Apprenticeihip in the 

Wars, 



i88 MorysonV Hiftory BookL 

Wars,) and he left therein 400 Foot, under the 
Command of Captain Edward Blany^ with fix 
Weeks Provifion of Viftuals. 

The Weather grew fo extream, as it blew down 
all our TentS;^ and tore them in Pieces, and killed 
many of our Horfes, fo that the loth Day his 
Lordfhip putting all the Army in Arms, with all 
the Drums and Trumpets, and a great Volley of 
Shot, proclaimed Tyrone's Head, (with Promife of 
2000/. to him that brought him alive, and looo/. 
to him that brought him dead,) which was done 
in the Face of his own Army, and fo his Lord- 
fhip marched to the Newry. He had purpofcd to 
plant a Garrifon at jfrmagb 8 Miles beyond Mouta^ 
If orris ^ but the Rebels Cows had eaten up all the 
Grafs thereabouts, which ihould have fed our 
Horfes, and the time of the Year with the Wea- 
ther, was now unfeafonable for that Purpofe. 
ctr/flwrf A Aud whcrcas hisLordfliip was rcfolvcd to * 
RgS: return into the Pale by Curling ford^ to dif- 
cem whether that Way or the Way of the 
Moyry were morefafe, that the Army might not run 
fo continual hazards, this Refolution was now con- 
firmed by Neceffity, there being Vi&uals at Cav^ 
lingford^ and none at the Neivry or Dundalk. The 
1 2th of November his Lordihip came with the 
Army to the narrow Water, whence he fent Sir 
Jojias Bodley with 300 choice Foot to pojQTefs a 
Piece of Ground, and keep the Enemy from hin- 
dering our Paflage over the Water, the Stream 
whereof he found fo exceeding fwift, that it was 
like to be dangerous to venture our Horfes over. 
The firft that tried was Do6torL^/«;^r^, hisLord- 
Jhip's Chaplain,, who only with his Horfe led by 
the Boat- fide, and with fome 30 Foot, went over 1 
but his Lordmip perceived fo great Difficulty by 
his Paflage, that he pafled the Foot over as &ft as 
might be, fent Sir Henry Folliot to pofTefs the Pace 
of the Fadd^me^ and made all the Horfe and our 

Garrons 



Chap. II. (?/ IRELAND. 189 

Garrons to go about that Way. In the mean 
time we might fee the Rebels Forces draw over 
the Mountains towards the Pace of Carlingford^ 
and come clofe by our Men that were firft land* 
cd, yet they never offered any Skirmifh. That 
Night we encamped direftly over the narrow 
Water, between the Pace of the Faddome and the 
Pace of Carlingford^ and having at Midnight got- 
ten over for our Men fome Viftuals, that came 
by Water from Carlingford^ his Lordfhip caufed 
the fame to be delivered before Day, for the Ar- 
my had failed two Days, and after they had eaten 
but a little Bisket, and Cheefe or Butter, never 
Men went on in a greater Jollity. Th6 i jth of 
November we were to rife very early, for other- 
wife we could not pafs our Carriages by the Sea 
Side, as we had determined, and by break of Day 
the Scoutmafter brought Word that Tyrone with 
all his Army was lodged in the Pace, which i% an 
exceeding thick Wood, at the Foot of a great 
Mountain, reaching down to the Sea Side, be- 
tween which and the Sea,, there is in moft Places 
as much Space as feven may march in Rank, but 
in fome Places lefs, and in ibme none at full Wa- 
ter, but only there is a narrow deep High-way 
through the Wood. 

Captain Thomas Roper with the broken Com- 
panies fent out of the Pale, went on as a forlorn 
Hop^ and that Day by Courfe it fell out, that 
Capt. Benjamin Berry^ with the Lord Deputy's 
Rj^iment under his Command, had the Van- 
guard, Sir Cbriftopher St. Laurence^ had the Rear 
of the Van-guard, Sir Richard Moryfon had the 
Vanguard of the Rear, and Sir Samuel Bagnol th^ 
Rear of the Rear, fo that we had but two Bo« 
dies, a Van-guard and a Rear, thus fubdivided. 
Capt. Trevor with as many as Capt. Roper had in 
the Point, led a forlorn Rear. Out of all the Re- 
giments his Lordihip appointed three flrong Wings 



ipo MoKYsoifs Hiftory Book L 

to go on the rightHand (for on the left Hand was the 
Sea,) commanded all by Captains j the firft by Capt . 
Billings^ the fecond by Capt. Efmond^ and the laft 
by Capt. Conftable. 

The Ground the Rebels chiefly chofe to make 
good was a little Plain like a Semicircle, whereof 
the Sea made the Diameter, and a thick Wood the 
Circumference . At the next Corner to us there ran 
into the Sea a River out of the Wood, being a 
Ford of good Advantage to the Enemy. All along 
the Circumference they had made divers Trenches^ 
even clofe up to both the Comers, and at the fur- 
thefl: Corner they had made a Barricado reaching 
a good Way into the Wood and down to the Sea. 
At the firft they fliewed themfelves Horfe and Foot 
upon this Plain 5 but when his Lordftiip com- 
manded ours to give on (which they perfornicd 
prefently and roundly) their Horfe drew oflF into 
theWoods, and their Foot into their Trenches, and 
never fhot till the Vanguard was drawn over the 
River, when from all Parts they poured upon us 
great VoUies of Shot j but prefently Capt. Roper 
gave on the fartheft Trench on the right Hand of 
the Corner, Capt. Billings on the next with the 
Wing heeled, and Capt. Berry with the reft of the 
Vanguard gave upon the fartheft Corner, whe.c 
the Barricado reached from the Wood into the Sea : 
In fonie of them they made good refiftance, and 
many of them loft their Lives with the Pike and 
the Sword : But the laft Trench where they made 
greateft Shew of Oppofition thev did fooneft quit, 
though it were ftrongeft for them, and to greateft 
Purpofe to arreft us 5 the Reafon his Lordftiip con- 
ceived to be, that in that Place they were furth^ft 
from their Retreat, and feared the forlorn Hope 
and Wing, led by Capt. Billings^ might cut be- 
tween them. When we had gained the Trenches 
the Vanguard made a ftand, in the Rear of which, 
to countenance them (if there had been occafion), 

his 



Chap. II. e/ IRELAND. 191 

his Lordfhip ftood with a Troop of Horfe of vo- 
luntary Gentlemen, and next to his Lordfhip (be- 
tween the Van and next Bodies of Foot) Sir Henry 
Davers and his Lordfhip's Troops of Horfe. At 
this time they entertained skirmifh with all Parts of 
our Army, but ftill falling towards the Rear, and 
at this time his Lordfhip's Secretary Mr. George 
Granmer was killed between Sir William Godolphin 
and Mr. Henry Barkely^ Mr. Ram his Lordfhip's 
Chaplain's Horfe was killed, and a Gentleman of 
his Lordfhip's Chamber, called Mr. Done^ (that 
carry 'd his Cloak) fhot through the Leg. And I 
will not forget one Accident that might have 
proved of great Confcquence : During this Stand, 
his Lordfhip rode up to a little Hill in the Edge of 
the Wood, underneath which our Men were in 
skirmifh with the Rebels, beyond whom, fomc- 
what more than a Musket-fhot off, on the Side of 
a Hill, by a few little Houfes, there flood in a 
Troop fome feven or eight Horfemen on Foot 
with their Horfes by them, at whom his Lordfhip 
caufed his Footman to Ihoot (who always carried a 
long Piece with him), who (as within two Hours 
after it was told his Lordfhip by one that was at 
that time one of the Number) killed the next Man 
to Tyrone J on whofe Shoulder at that time he leaned. 
Sir Henry Davers came unto his Lordfhip and 
defired he might take twenty of his own Horfe to 
fall into the Rear, becaufe he faw all the Enemy's 
Horfe fall thitherward, and that the Irijb Horfe 
only that Day had the Rear : His Lordfliip gave 
him Leave, and withal fent young James Blouni 
with 100 Shot out of the Vanguard, Capt. Caulr 
feild and Capt. Conftable with as many more out of 
Sir Richard Moryfon\ Regiment to reinforce the 
Rear, with whom the Rogues continued a good 
Skirmifh almoft for half an Hour, until their Horfe 
and Foot coming on a little Plain, fomewhat far 

from 



from the Skirt of the Wood, Sir Henry Davers 
charged home and brake them, but in the Begin- 
ning of the Charge he was fliot in the Thigh . Af- 
ter this Charge they prefently drew off their Foot 
by the Mountains, and their Horfe by the Strand 
over againft the narrow Water. In our Rear 
Capt. Richard Hanfard and Capt. Trevor were fore 
hurt, and Sir Garret Morels Enfign and Hugh Han- 
Jon killed, and in all we loft not twenty, but above 
threefcore were hurt. Of the Enemy (as we heard 
then of certain) there were fourfcore killed out- 
right, but within two Days after his Lordfhip un- 
derftood by Maguire that they loft two hundred. 
The Marmal and the Serjeant Major were always 
in the Van or Rear as in either Place the Fight jgrew 
hotteft, and generally all the Commanders andSol- 
diers ferved with extraordinary Forwardnefs and 
Alacrity. To conclude j by credible Reports the 
Rebels loft in this Journey above 800, and lyrone*% 
Reputation (who did all Things by his Reputation) 
was clean overthrown, fo that from all Places they 
began to feck Pardons or Proteftions. On our Part 
in the whole Journey fome zoo were killed and dead 
of Hurts, and fome 400 were hurt, which ihortly 
after recovered. 

Give me Leave to digrefs a little to continue the 
Journal of my Travels, the writing whereof hath 
occafioned the Relation of Irijb Affairs. When 
the Earl of Ejffex went Lord Lieutenant into Ire- 
land^ the Lord Mounfjoy was firft named to that 
Place, whereupon, by my Brother Sir Ricb0r4 
MoryfofC^ Inwardnefs with him, I then obtained 
liis Lordfhip's Promife to follow him into Ireismd 
in the Place of his chief Secretary : But this £in- 
ployment failing us both, I retired myfelf into 
Uncolnjbirtj where I livedtillhisLordihipwas the 
laft Spring fent over Lord Deputy, and fuch vras 
then my diffidence of vulgar Reports, (for I had 

no 



Chap. 11. ^/IRELAND* ipj 

no other Knowledge of his Lordfhip's Employ* 
ment), that I did not certainly believe the Change 
of the Deputy till his Lordfhip was ready to take 
his Journey, which was befides extraordinarily 
haftened by the Queen's-Command for the Necef- 
fity of her Afiairs in that Kingdom -, yet my Letter^ 
fwifter than myfelf, came to his Lordfhip*s Hands 
before his going ) and from him I received this 
honourable Anfwer, that not knowing what was 
become of me, he had already received three Se- 
cretaries, yet wifhed me to follow Km, for he 
would fina out fome fit and good Employment for 
me. The Indifpofition of my Body, by reafon of 
an Ague, ftay'd me fome few Months in that Coun- 
try > but in July^ taking my Journey for Ireland^ I 
came to Cambridge^ whereas yet I was one of the 
Fellows of Pcter-houfe : The Mafter and Fellows, 
by fpccial Indulgence, had continued unto me my 
Place, with leave to travel from the Year ifSp, to 
this prefent July^ in the Year 1600 : At which 
time being modelt further to importune fo loving 
Friends, and having the forefaidAflurance of Pre- 
ferment in Ireland I yielded up my Fellowfliip, 
which in my former Abfence had yielded me fome 
20/. yearly: And the Society (to knit up their 
loving Courfe towards mc) gave me aforehandthe 
Profit of my Place for two Years to come 5 for 
which Curtefy, and for my Education there, I muft 
ever acknowledge a ftria: Bond of Love and Ser- 
vice to each of them in particular, and to the whole 
Body jointly. From thence I went to London^ and 
fo to Jveflchejier 5 and whilft I ftaid there for a Paf- 
fage I received another Letter, by which I did ga- 
ther that his Lordfhip purpofed to employ me 
in the writing of the Hiftory or JourOftl ot Irifi 
Affairs. But itpleafed God in his gracious Provi- 
dence (which I may never leave unmentioned) to 
difpofe better of mc > for ftaying for a Wind till 
the End of September^ one of his Lordihip's three 
Vot. I. N Secretaries 



X94 Moryson'5 Hiftory BookL 

Secretaries (either to avoid the Trouble and Dan- 
ger of the Wars, or for other Reafons heft known 
to him) came over, and told me that he had. left 
■his Lordfhip's Service. Thus with better Hope of 
Preferment I croffed the Seas in very tempefruous 
Weather, (at our putting to Sea the Carcais of a 
broken Ship fwimming by us, and at ojur entring the 
Port of Dublin^ another Ship being caft away in 
croiHng from one Shoar to another, wherein a" Bi- 
ihop and his whole Familv were drowned). After 
few Days fpent in Dublin I took my Journey toDun* 
dalkj on the Northern Borders, where my Brother, 
Sir Richard Moryfon was then Governor, and 
there I lodged till the Lord Deputy's Return with 
the Army. Andthe ijth of November^ being the 
Day of C^r//»g/«>ri Fight above-mentioned, whilft 
I walked in my Brother's Garden, I fenfibly heard 
by reverberation of the Wall the Sound of the 
Vollies of Shot in that Skirmifh, though the Place 
were at lead fix Miles diftant. In this Fight the 
Lord Deputy's chief Secretary, George Cranmer^ 
(as is above-mentioned) was killed, and his Lord- 
fhip having now but only one Secretary, did re- 
ceive me the next Day at Dundalk into Cranmerh 
Place. 

I return to the Irijh Affairs. At Dundalk his 
Lordfliip received a Letter from the Lord Admiral, 
fignifying that he had earneftly moved her Majcfty 
to give him leave to come over for a fhort tim^ 
whofe Anfwer was, that there lived not any Man 
that fhe would be more glad to fee than his Lord- 
jhip J but that now he had begun fo worthily^ and 
all things profpered under his Work, fhe would not 
give Encouragement to the Rebels by his Abfcnce, 
whom his JPrelencc hadfo daunted. 



TU 



Chap. 11. ^IRELAND. i^f 

The Lift of the Army^ and tdt diJMiution of ihi 
fame into Garrifons in the End of November. 

Twelve Colonels df the Army; The Earl of 
Ithomondy Lord Dunkellin 3 Sir tienry Dockowra % 
Sir Arthur Cbichefter 'y Six Henry Power '^ Sir Charlei 
Percys Sir Matthew Morgan \ Sir Cbriftopher St. 
Laurence-, Sir Charles Wilmot ', Sir Arthur Savage % 
Sir Richard Mory fan i Sir John Bolles. 

Foot it Carrickfergus. Sir Arthur Chichefierp 
Governor, ifo. Sir Foulk Conway^ ifo. Capt!. 
Richard Cr of tes J 100. Czft.Charles Egerton^ loo. 
Czpt. Gregory Norton^ 100. 

Horfe. Sir Arthur Chichefler^ if. C^LptJobfi 
Jepbfonj 100. 

Foot at MoUnt'Jtf orris. Capt. Edward Blaneyi 
Governor, ifo. Sir Samuel Bagnol^ ifo. Capt# 
Henry Athyerton^ lyo. 

Horfe at the Ne'Wry. Sir Samuet Bagnol^ Go- 
vernor, fO. 

Foot. Sir Oliver St. Jobn^ ifO. Six yFirancis 
Stafford^ 200. Capt. Jojias Bodley^ ijjS. Capt. 
Edward Trevor^ 100. Capt. Edward Fijb'er^ loo; 
Czpt. Ravenfcrofty 100. 

^ Foot at Carlingford. Cipt. ttiihairi Hinfard^ 

100. 

Foot at Dundalk, Sir Richard Moryfon^ Go* 
ternoTj iro. Sir Henry Davers^ ifo. Capt. 
Toby Caulfeildj ifo. Capt. Feirdinaiid Freckleton^ 
100. Cxpt. Ralph Conftable^ 100. 

Horfe. Sir jfienryDaverSy fo. 

N * Foot 



iptf MoRtsoH'5 Hifiary BookL 

•. Fodt at -^r</w. Sir Charles Percy ^ ijo. Sir 
Garret Mare^. loo. Capt. thomas My tine ^ xoo* 
Caprt. Tiomas fFHliams^ ifo. Capt. Francis R^^ 

too.. 
' Horfc. Sir Henry DaverSj fo. Sir Garret Moreg 

I Foot at Bally more. Sir Francis Sbane^ loo. 
' Qx'^t.lfhomas Rofier^ ifo. Capt. jR^/ir^<^»5 loo. 

At Mullingar. The Lord of Delvin^ ifo Foot. 
Sir Cbriftopber St. Laurence^ Zf Horfc. 

« 

At the Navan. Sir TT:>omas Maria If^ngfeild^ 
i/'oFoot. . The Lord Deputy, looHorfe. 

Foot at Drogbeda. Capt. Billings^ lOO. Capt. 
Linley^ ipo. Capt. Jejfery Dutton, lOO. Capt. 
Morice^ lOo. Cz^^t. Bentley^ loo. 

Footat7r/«J. Sir Cbriftopber St. Laurence^ ifo. 
Sir Edward Herbert^ loo. Capt. l^/'y^/^^, loo. 

Foot at ^(?//j. Tlie Lord of Dun/any^ ifo, 
Cz'^tMu^ oReilly^ loo. 
HcMrfe:; Lord of Dunfany^ f o. 

Foot at ^^(^jK, Clancary^ and the Caftlcs of O^i&ii- 
lia. Sir jHir^ry FoHiot^ ifo. Capt. Zi^^^/ Gi^^ 
ifo. Sir Henry fFdrrenj loo. 

Foot in the Fort of the Dingon^ and at the Naas. 
Sir G^(>r^^ Bourcbery. loo. The Lord DunkeUin^ 
ifo. ' Sir /jT^wry Harrington^ loo. Capt. f^MMx 
iDityy?, 100. 



Horfe at Newcaftle. Capt. Dogberry^ fo. 
Henry Harrington^ zy. 

At 



chap. II. (/ I R E L A N D. t^y^ 

At Jthy^ Reban^ and the Borders of Leax. Sit 
Henry Poor^ ifo. Sir James Fitz^pierSj ifo. 
Mr. Marjhal^ ifo. Cz^t. Philips^ lOO. Sir72^i^• 
mas Loftus^ looFoot. 

TheMarfhal, i-oHorfe. 

Foot in the Forts. Sir Francis Rujh^ ifo. 

Foot in 6 CarroPs Country. Capt. Mallrony I 
CarroL loo. . 

- ■ • r 

Foot and Horfe in Kilkenny, 'The Eari of Or* 
fnondy Lieutenant of the Army, ifo. Capt. A/^r- 
^^ry, I GO Foot. The Earl ot Ormond^ fo Horfe. 

Foot and Horfe in KiUare. The Earl oiKildare^ 
I yo Foot. The Earl of Kifdare^ f o Horfe. 

Foot and Horfe in the County of Wexford. Sir 
Oliver Lambert^ ifo. Cz^t. John Mafterfonj loo. 
Capt. Efmondy lyoFoot. Sir Oliver Lambert^ if 
Horfe. 

Foot at Dublin. The Lord Deputy's Guard, 
commanded by Capt. jS^rr>, ifo. 

Foot and Horfe in Connaugbt. Sir jfrtbur Sav0ge^ 
Governor, lyo. The lEt^xxl of Clanrickard^ lya. 
Sir ^omas Bourkj ifo. Sir Tibot Dillo% loo. 
Czpt. Clare J lyo. Cz^t.TtbotneLongj loo. Capt. 
TiomisBourgh^ ipoFoot. The Earl of Clanrich 
ard^ jo. The Lord Dunkellin^ if Horfe. The 
Marmalof the Province, ii Horfe. 

Horfe in the Pale at the Captains difpofal, ncair 
themfelvcs, or attending their Perfons. Sir Ed'- 
ward Herbert^ it. Six IFilUam fFarren^ if . Sir 
John Barhky^ iz. Capt. Riibard Gre^mt^ fQ. 

N 5 C*-^^^, 



y^8 Morysok'^ Hifiory BopkL 

Capt . Garret Flemings zy. Capt. Pigot^ i z. Capt . 
Darcyy zf. 

At L$ugbfoyle^ a remote Garrifon under Sir Henry 
Dockfwra's Command. Sir Henry Dofkwray fo. 
Sir JobnBolleSy f o Horfe. Foot under if Captains, 
zpob. 

In the Province of Munfier at the Lord Prcfi- 
icnfs Oifpofal/ The Lord Prefident, f o. Sir 
jintbony Cooke^ f o. Capt. fTilliam faaf^ zy Horfc. 
]^oot under z 3 Captains, 2800. 

Total of Horfc, i rp8 
Total of Foot, ' X41 f o 

From DundaJkjthc Lord Deputy, with his Servants 
and voluntary Horfemen, rode to Dublin the 17th of 
Novemb. Within few Days,upon Sir jfrtbur Savage^ % 
Entreaty to go ioxEngland^ iabout his private Affairs, 
his Lordihip gave him Licence, and appointed Sir 
John Barkeley to fupply his Place of provifionary 
Governor of the Province of Connaught : At the 
fame time his Lordfhip wrote into England for Au* ' 
thority to pafs unto certain Submittees their Coim* . 
tries, with refervation of her Majcfty*s Rights, 
gfid Fomc other Conditions for her Profit and Scr* 
vice, more particularly on the Behalf of Comtar 
Jioe Mac Guire^ who being put from the Chiefry of 
"his Country by Tyrone^ had quitted all his Poflcfli- 
ons and Goods to come to the Queen's Service 
when Tyrone had two of his Sons for Pledges, of 
which the elder lately efcaping from the Rebels had 
likewife fubmitted nimfelf, and they both had 
fcrved valiantly in the late Northern Journey 5 fo 
as the Father nad his Horfe killed under him, and 
the Son killed three Rebels with his own Hand i • 
and from thence, both going into Fermanagh ^ had 

' ' drawn 



Chap.II. (?/ IRELAND. ipp 

drawn many of that Country to follow them in the 
Queen's Service, diverting all the Country fronx 
aihfting Tyrone : Befides tnat, in a late Skirmifli 
they had taken Cormockj Tyrone's BrotherJ^ eldeft 
Son, a young Man of the grcateft Hope in the 
North, whom the Rebels purpofed to create 6 NeaV 
after 73'^^»^'s Death, for which Rej^edt he was a 
better Pledge than any of Tyrone^s Sons. This* 
Youth they had brought to the Lord Deputy, with 
great Hazard to convoy him, and that when 3000 /. 
and other ample Conditions were offered them for' 
his Ranfom . In the fame Month of November ma- ; 
ny of the Northern Rebels with great Troops,: 
(among them a Munftcr-mzn^ Piers Lacy^ of Rng*- 
Up Race, a famous Rebel), drew into the Brenny^ 
meaning to pafs to the Shannon-^dcy and fo into. 
Munfter^ after they had ftrengthened the broken 
Rebels of the Pale with fome Afliftance : But this 
their Paflagc was fo flopped as it took no efFe6b. 
The 6th or December his Lordfhip was advertifed 
from an honourable Friend in Court, that his late 
Proceedings were mentiontd by all Men with much 
Honour, and moft of all by the Queen, who ut-. 
tered to himfelf the moft gracious and kind 
Speeches of his Lordfhip, ana the mofl cxtollin[ 
his Valour and wdrthy Parts, that ever he had hean 
her ufe of any. 

Till this Time, the Rebels of the Mountains 
near Dublin^ called the Glynns, gave alarms almofl 
every Night in the Suburbs of Dublin. But thfe 
Time when the Infolency of fome ot them fhoiild 
bechaflened, was now come. The SBirns having 
Pbelim mac Feogh^ the chief of their Sept, after 
the Death of Feogb mac Hugb^ (formerly mention- 
ed) inhabited the Glynns bordering on the Plains 
of Dublin^ extending fome four or five Miles that 
Way J and thefe being nearer than the 6 TqoIs and 
other their Confederates, were mofl infolent upon 

N 4 that 



loa Moryson'^ Hiffory BookL 

that CitYj and the Council there refiding, when 
the Lord Deputy was far ofF in any Service with the 
Horfemen. Now his Lordfliip was purpofed to 
fcourge them, and according to his lingular Se- 
crecy, didfokeephis Council from divulging, an4 
fo cunningly masked his intent, as he came upon 
than, when they were moftfecure. It was confi- 
dently given out, that his Lordfhip meant prefent- 
Jy ^o undertake fomc Service againft the 6 Mores of 
Leax^ zndS Connors of O Phalia^ and to that purpole. 
meant to lie with his Houfhold at Monajireven^ a 

fr^at Houfe kept by a CJonftable for the Queen : 
''ca to make this Projeft more believed, hisXord- 
iKipfcnt Arras hangings, and many Provifions to 
that Houfe. And now the Forces having been rcr 
frcfhed, his Lordihip the iid. of December^ being 
Monday^ rode to the Naas 1 1 Miles diftant from 
Dublin^ where the Rendezvous was appointed that 
Day for the Leinfter Garrifons, (for it was fit thofe 
bordering on the North, fiiould be left ftrong.) On 
PVednefday his Lordfhip fent moft of his Houihold 
tight tor ward to iW9»^/r|W« 13 Miles diftant j but 
himfelf with the reft of his Servants and the Forces, 
fudd^nly turned on the left Hand into the Glynns, 
and after a Day and Night's tedious March, over 
fteep Mountains covered with Snow, he arrived on 
Thurfdayhtm^ Chriftmas-day^ at Phelim mac Feogb 
hisHoufq, fo fuddenly as his Wife and eldeft Son 
were taken, and himfelf hardly efcaped at a back 
Window, and naked, into the Woods, where he 
kept a cold Chriftmas, while my Lord lived plen- 
' tifuUy in his Houfe, with fuch Provifions as were 
made, for him and his Bonnaghs and Kern to keep 
a.merrv Chriftmas. To vent his Anger, he daily 
ofiered flight Skirmifties upon Advantage, but his 
Heart was nothing eafed therewith, being conti- 
nually beaten. His Lcrdftiip with the Queen's 
Forces, lay in this Country till about the zoth of 

January: 



chap. II 0/ I R E L A N D. lo i 

January : In which TiTiC his Troops fpoilcd and 
ranfacked the Countries of Rannelagh and Cajhay^ 
fwept a^iifay the moft part of their Cattle and Goods ^ 
burnt all ,tneir Corn, and almoft all their Houfcs, 
leaving little or nothing to relieve them j and to 
finifh tne Work, his Lordihip planted two ftrong 
GaiTJfons upon them, the one at fFicklow on the 
Eaft fide, (not able to come nearer, becaufe a Ship 
with our Tools and Inftruments was beaten bacK 
by ill Weather, and could not arrive in Time) 5 
the other at Tullogh upon the Weft, fo as they could 
not long hold from fubmitting or flying, being thus 
hedged in, 

This done, bis Lordihip came to Monafireven^ 
with Purpofe to undertake the Mores and Cpnnors. 
But having in few Days fettled a Correfpondency. 
for proceeding in that Service, between our Forces 
in thofe Parts, and the neighbouring Septs of S 
DempJieSj and fome fufpefted Subjects, or whofe 
Faith till then his Lordmip ftood not aflurcd, an4 
difceraing the Mores to be weak in Leax^ after the 
killing of their Chieftain Owny mac Rory^ and the 
burning and fpoiling in the Leax Journey, fo as 
they had not Means to keep their Bonnaghts, and 
hearing that the 6 Connors were fled far from that 
Part of Ophaly^ fo as neither of them could be found 
to makeRefiftance to any rcafonable ftrong Forces. 
His Lordihip leaving in tnefc Parts fome few Com* 
paniesto aihftthe Subjects, rode from Monajlrcvejt. 
thezpth of January lo Jbiconal^ nine Miles, paf- 
fingby the ruined City of Kildare^ now altogether 
dimihabited. The 30th we paiTed the Liffey^ and 
came to Milbujfy^ one Mafter Hufy's Caftle, 1 1 
Miles,' pafllng by fome pleafant Villages, and by 
Minutb^ a fair Houfe, belonging to the Earls of 
Kildarej now in the Hands of the CouatefsA/<^^^i 
an old Widow. The 3 1 It. we came to Trint^ 8 
Miles Champion Ground. 1 his is a pieoiant 
Town for a Seat, if the InhabiLuats were fuita- 

blc. 



202 Moryson'^ Hifiory BookL 

ble, through which the Boyne runs, and it hath the 
Ruins of a fumptuous Caftle. This Place his 
Lordfhip thought fitted for his prcfent Refidencc : 
For if Captain TJrr^/ (now the Chief Rebel in O- 
fbalta) fhould draw his Force to the South of the 
Country, from hence his Lordfhip might eafily fall 
back on him. If the Rebels in the Weft defired to 
pafs into Munfier (as they intended), then our Forces 
wcrefo difpofed, as they could not efcape with* 
out fighting with us upon Difadvantage to 
them. And if neither fell out, then his Lordfhip 
purpofed to plant a Garrifon at the Cavan in the 
Brenny^ and to fettle our above-mentioned mac 
Gwire in Fermanagh. 

At this time his Lordfhip defired to have authori- 
ty out of England^ to pafs Tyrconnel (the County 
of i Donnel) to Neal Garve^ refervinjg 800 Acres 
about Ballijbannon^ and the fifhing orthe Erne to 
her Majefty. And fuch was the Opinion of the 
Service his turbulent Spirit could do the State, as he 
had the Grant of 300 Foot, and 100 Horfe in her 
Majefty's Pay, on Condition he fhould bring the 
Men ferviceable, and maintain them fo, without 
further Charge to her Majefty. 

From ?r/>», lying in Eaft-Meath^ his Lordfhip 
the II th of February^ paffing by the Baron of Trem^ 
hlefiown"^ Houfe,rode to the Lord oiDelvin'% Houfe 
in tVeft'Meath^ 1 1 Miles diftant. The i ^th we 
pafTed 10 Miles further to MulUngar^ the Shire- 
town of Weft-Meatb^ compafTed with Bogs. 
Thence the 14th, we went to Ballymore^ Sir Fran' 
CIS Shane' s¥Lo\ikj 10 long Miles. The i6thtoSir 
Ttbbot Dillon's Houfe, 7 Miles. Thence the 17th 
to Athlone^ r Miles, where the Governor of the 
Province ot Connaugbt ufeth to lye in a fhx>n|g 
Caftle belonging to her Majefly, which being u- 
tuate in Connaught^ is divided from the Town oy a 
River and a fair Bridge of Stone with 8 Arches, ly- 
ing 



Chap.IL tf/IRELAND. loj 

ingin fFeft-tneatb. And all this Country is Cham- 
pion, whereof the greateft Part lay wafte. His 
Lordfhip returned back t;hc i8th of February to Sir 
^bbot Dillon^ % Houfe, and the i pth to Danoar i :i 
Miles, being Bryan macGohagan'$ Caftle in fFeft^ 
Meath. 

While his Lordfhip lay in this Caftle, he rode 
forth the 20th of February^ to view a ftrong hold, 
feated in a Plain, and in a little Ifland, compafled 
with Bogs and deep Ditches of running Water, 
and thick Woods, in which faftnefs Captain TirreJy 
with fomc of the boldeft Rebels then lay. At 
the firft Approach to the Bog, two fhot of the 
Rebels came out, our Horfemen then ftand- 
ing on a Hill, moved continually, but mv felf be- 
ing a raw Soldier, ftood ftill, and becaufe I had a^ 
white Horffe, I gave the Rebels a fair mark, fo 
as the firft fliotflew clofe by my Head, and when 
I apprehending my Danger, turned my Horfe, the 
fecond flew through my Cloak, and lit on my 
Pad Saddle, (which laved my Life,) and bruifed 
my Thigh. Prefently his Lordfhip fent Sir Cbri'* 
ftopber St. Lawrence^ Captain ^/»^r. Captain iJ^ 
per, zndC^^tsan Rotberamj with Wings of Foot 
into the Wood, to difcover the fortifted Ifland. 
And on the other fide fent Captain Leg to the fame 
Purpofe. While thefe skirmifhed with the Rebels 
lying intrenched, Mafter Darcy riding by the skirt 
of the Wood, was fhot in the Neck. The 2id. 
Day his Lordfhip drew forth again, and we carri- 
ed Hurls and Fagots to pafs into the Ifland, but the 
Water carrying them away, and his Lordfhip's 
Guard being not well feconded by the Iri/b^ we came 
off with Lofs, and Captain Rotbercm was fhot. 

Before I proceed, I muftdigrefs a little to other 
Matters, in this Journey (begun the ^^d. of De^ 
cember) his Lordfhip receivM commandment to 
Pardon all fuch inild&^/^rasfhould require it, and 
fhould be commended by the Lord Prefident, with 



^o4 MoRYsotfi Hifiery Book I. 

Aflurancc that Spain was fo inungled with the W^ar 
of Savoy ^ as the /ri/& Rebels could at this time have 
finall Succour thence. His Lordfhip writ to Ma- 
iter Secretary to procure him leave to Itart over into 
Bngland^ to kifs the Queen's Hands, and to coiiScx 
with him about the Irijb Service^ profeiling that he 
reputed him his honourable Friend, and did much 
difdain that Flumour in any Subjed; (if any f uch 
were) which would think him tied by any RdTped, 
from having his AflFe&ion free to loy e him. In the 
beginning oi February^ the Lord Prefident of Mun- 
fier^ excufed himfelf to the Lord Deputy, that he 
had made ftay of fome Forces his Lordihip had di* 
re&ed to come from thence, becaufe he had Intelli- 
gence that fome Northern Rebels were fent toiiV" 
y^cMunfier. But his Lordfhip knowing that he 
had ftopped their PalTage, and that they could not 
go with any great Numbers, if jperchance they cf- 
caped, did again require that theie Forces might be 
fent unto him. At this time, there was a Plot for 
Tyrone's Head, the managing whereof was com?' 
mended to Sir Richard Moryfon Governor of Dim- 
ialk^ whither Sir WilliatnGodolpbinw^itxtX, ^with 
his Troop of Horfe, to fecond this Plot, which 
took not the wiihed £0e£t > the undertaker /^iry 
Oge i Neal failing in his Courage, or in his Faith, 

Now I will return to his Lordfhip's A6tions 
while be lay at Magbogans Caftle. The fame zid. 
of February y his Lordfhip received a Packet out of 
England^ by which he under flood that the Earl of 
Ejffese wa^ committed to the Tower for Treafon, 
which much difmayed him and his neareft Friends, 
and wrought flrange Alteration in him : For where- 
as before he flood upon terms of honour with the 
Secretary, no w he fell flat to the Ground, andinfi* 
nuated himfelf Into inward love, and to anabfolute 
dependency with the Secretary, fo as for a time he 
eflranged himfelf from two of his nearefl Friends, 
for the open Declaration they had made of Depen* 

dency 



Chap.IL ff/IRELAND* 20; 

dcncy on the Earl of EJfex 5 yet rather covering, 
than extinguiftiing his good Atteaion to them . It 
is not credible that the Influence of the Earl's ma- 
lignant Star, fhould work upon fo poor a Snake as 
my felf, being almofl; a Stranger to him, yet my 
nearnefs in Blood to one of his Lordfhip's above 
named Friends, made it perhaps feem to his Lord- 
fhip improper, to ufe my Service in fuch nearnefs, 
as his Lordfhip had promifed and begun to do. So 
as the next Day he took his moft fecret Papers out of 
my Hand, yet giving them to no other, but keep- 
ing them in his own Cabinet : And this blow I ne-» 
ver fully recovered while I ftayed in Ireland. In 
truth his Lordlhip had good Caufe |to be wary iii 
his Words and Actions, fince by fome Confeflions 
in England^ himfelf was tainted with Privity to the 
Earl's Pradtices, fo that howfoever he continued 
ftill to importune leave to come over j yet no doubt 
he meant nothing lefs, but rather (if he had been 
fent for) was purpofcd with his faid Friends to fail 
into France^ tney having privately ^tted themfelves 
with Money ana Neceflaries thereunto. For how- 
foever his Lordfhip were not dangeroufly ingaged 
therein, yet he was (as he privately profeffed) fully 
refolved not to put his Neck under the Fyle of the 
Queen's Attorney's Tongue. But his Lordfhip's 
former Service, and the NecefEty of his future Im- 
ployment, together with his good Succefs, fo 
llrengthened him, as without great Unthankfulnefs, 
and popular Obloquy, he cotud not have been qucf- 
tibned upon this weak Ground. 

The lame iid. of February^ his Lordifhip in 
Council refolved to proclaim, that all fuch as had 
any Rebels Goods, fhould difcover them, or be 
guilty of Treafon : That none upon pain of Deat^ 
inould parley with the Rebels : That the Coun;? 
try fhould bring in Viftuals to the Camp, which 
no Man (upon pain of Death) ihould take from 

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io6 MoRYsoN^^ Hiftory BookL 

them without paying the Price of the Markets 
And thus purpoling to force the Rebels out of the 
fortified Ifland, and then to plant a Garrifonat the 
Abbey near adjoining ; and to charge the new ful)- 
mitted Subjects to join with this Garrifon in the 
Service, as alfo to take order for the fafe vi£kualling 
of thefame whenhefhould begone, his Lordfhip 
refolved the next Day to make another At- 
tempt againft the Ifland wherein l4tjel lay, pre- 
paring all things tofecondthcfame, and taking or- 
der to bring Viftuals to the Camp from all parts, 
I and cfpecially from Athlone by Boats. 

The 2 5 d. of February^ his Lordfhipdrcw forth 
to the Abbey, where he had lodged 400 Soldiers, 
there he dined and proclaimed TirreFs Head at two 
thoufand Crowns, and atter Dinner drawing to the 
Ifland, he divided the Foces, fending part to put 
Boats into the Water, and fo to aflail the lilajid, 
and caufing the reft to be led into the Woods to 
fetch out the Rebels Com, |[nd to burn the Houfes, 
and fuch things for their Relief, as they could not 
bring away. The Z4th of February j b£ing Shrove' 
Tuejaay^ there fell a great Snow^ fo that we were 
forced to lie ftill, and the next Night the R^ebels 
did ftcal ^way, leaving the Ifland to his Lordfhip^ 
where the next Day we found much Com^ Tome 
Murrions and Pieces, 8 Cows, and fome Gaf- 
rons. 

The 26th his Lordfliip drew the Forces beyond 
the Ifland, into a plcafant Valley, wherein was a 
ruined Houfe of Sir Edward HerberfSy and the 
, Ground was well plowed by the Rebels. Our Men 
■ burnt Houfes and Com, and his Lordfliip gave an 
Angel to a Soldier to fwim over the water, and 
bum the Houfes in another Ifland. Then we came 
to a River, which divideth JVeft-Meath and Ofha^ 
ly 5 into which Country his Lordfliip fent divers 
Companies under Sir Chriftapber St. Laurence^ to 
fpoil the fame. The ZTth, his Lordfliip rode 6 

Miks 



Chap.IL (j^ IRELAND- 207 

Miles to Sir John iHrrerSy a ftrong Caftle^ wepaf- 
fedby the Way STirr^/'s Pace, compafled with Bogs 
and hilly Woods. This Knight was a Subjeft, and 
here his Lordfhip refted the next Day. The firft 
ot March his Lordfhip rode to Klonegave^ the Houfe 
of Sir Terrence 6Dempfey inOphalia^ being twelve 
Miles J in the firft Part whereof we paffed a dan- 
gerous part of 77rr^rs faftnefs. 

Here his Lordfhip received a graciousLetter from 
her Majefty, whereby fhc made known unto him 
the Earl of Effex his Death, and (to ufe her own 
Words) profefled, that in Regard of his approved 
Fidelity and Love, it was fome Alleviation of her 
Grief, to ejaculate the fame to him. Firfl, her 
Majcfty required him to look well in general,, up- 
on the Difpofitions of all his Captains, whereof, 
fome preferred by the Earl, might perhaps ^ have 
hollow Hearts towards her Service, for as fhe was 
pleafed to pardon thofe, who by his popular Fa- 
ihion and outward Profeffion of his Sincerity had 
been feduccd, and blindly led by him % fo ihe was 
careful to fever the Chaiff from the Com, and to de- 
prive the malicious of means to prejudice her Ser- 
vice. Secondly, whereas the Secretary in his 
Lordihip's name had moved her Majefty, that he 
might have Warrant to come over j yet in Re- 
gard the Spanijb Ships had not yet paffed the nar- 
row Seas into Flanders (whither furely they were 
fent, and nothing lefs than for Ireland^ ho wfoever 
theTraitor made ufe of like Rumours) herMajeily 
wiihed that he would- conceal this his Defire for a 
time, with promife to call him home the next Win- 
ter, and uieni#fervice near her Perfon. 

The fame time his Lordfhip received Letters from 
the Lords in England^ giving Allowance in her Ma- 
jefly*8 Name, for the pafHng of Tyrconnel to Neal 
Garve^ upon the above-mentioned Conditions >yet 
advifing that ho'cafter no Country fhould fo abfo- 

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lo8 Moryson'^ Hijiory Book I. 

lately ht pafTed, as all the Inhabitants {hould depend 
upon one Man,which would ftill kindle new Flames 
ot Rebellion. By the fame Letters his Lordfliip 
underftoodj thatthe Supplies of Moncy^ Vi6hial$, 
and Munitions, were ready according to his De- 
mands. And their Lordlhips advifcdthe Plantati- 
on of a Garrifon about Strangford^ to prevent the 
Afliftancc which the Scots gave to the Rebels. The 
third of iWijr^iy his Lordfhip rode lo Miles to Bally 
Britton^ Sir Henry fFdrr en' sHo\i£c in Leaxy which 
was kept for the Queen by a Conilableand Warders. 
In the mid Way we paffed by Pbilipjiown (other- 
wife called Dyngen) a Itrong Fort in Ophalia (other* 
wife called the King's County) and that Day his 
Lordfhip fent out many Parties of Soldiers into the 
Woodsj againllT/rr^/aadthecJ Connors^ fcattered- 
ly lurking in thofe Parts. 

Here his Lordihip received from the Lords, Di- 
rc&ions to defcry the Silver Money, and tojproclaim 
a new Coin, 5 Ounces fine > which bale Moiiey 
was fcnt over, only to impoverifli the Rebels (as 
was pretended) who made War againft the Queen 
with her own Treafure j but in Conclufion it was 
the undoing of all the Queen's Servants there, for 
no Man cared to lay it up, and all things were 
bought at exceflive Rates, after the exchange in 
England onct failed. This Exchange was proclaim- 
ed to be held at 3 Cities in England^ and 4 in Ireland % 
but by reafon that sreat Sums were coined bv Rebek 
and Strangers, and for other Abufes of the iame^ 
as namely of the Merchants \ who notwithfland- 
ing that the Money was duly changed, did exceP- 
fively raife all Prices, this Exchange loon failed^ 
and our Hearts thei^swith : for we Terved there io 
Difcomfort, and came home Beggars, fo that only 
the Trcafurers and Paymafters, (wno were thereby 
infinitely inriched, h^ caufe to blefs the Authors 
of this Invention. 

The 



The 4th of March his Lordfliip rode f Miles ta^ 
Sir Edward Fitzgerald's Hotifc, icituate in Aieatbi ' 
in a pleafant and fruitful Country. The j'th ot 
March v^txodj^ 10 Miles toMoymeere^ a very plea* 
fant Houfe, belonging to Sir James Dillon^ and 
thence the next D^ two Miles further to trim. Sir 
Richard Moryfon Governor of Dundalk^ had lately 
advertifed his Lordfliip, that Turlogh mac Henry^ 
2>r^»^'s Brother, Captain of the Fewes^ had taken 
his oath to him, before a Prieft and upon a Mafs- 
book that he would fubmit himfelf to her Majefty's 
Mercy, without any Conditions at or before St* 
Patrick's Day next following. And further had 
advertifed that the Lord of Clancarvin humbly de- 
fired to be received to mercy with him . For better 
ratifying hereof, the faid Sir Richard Moryfon noW 
brought the faid Turlogh in Perfon to his Lordfliip 
lying at Trim. The ifth of March his Lordfliip 
drew toArbrachifiy the Bifliop of Meatus Houfe, 
6 Miles diftant, where his Lordfliip had appoint- 
ed the adjoining Garrifons to tneaet him tne next 
Day 5 ana prefently after their Arrival, his Lord- 
fliip tookHorfe towards Evening, and thence wd 
inarched all Night, being very dark, and in the 
Morning fuddeidy fell into the Ferney^ the Poflifli- 
on whereof Ever mac Cooly^ one of the mac Ma* 
town's thcnufurped, and there we burnt the Houfe^ 
and fpoiled the Goods of the Inhabitants, Sir Rich-- 
wd Moryfon Governor of Dundalk^ with that Gar- 
tifon5 and Sir Oliver Lambert with other Troops, 
and Captain thomas JFittiams with the Forces of 
^r^f coming in divers ways, and meeting his Lord"" 
ihip in that Country, with finall 6r no Reflflancd 
made by the Rebeb, to either Party. The ipth 
we marched five Miles to Jrdee^ the Z7th 7 Miles 
to Mellifanty Sir Edward Mori's Houie, the iffl:. 
two Miles to Dr^^i&f^, where his Lordfliip flayed 
till the ttfth of Jfril^ and fo returned to Dublin. 

Vol. L O Ac 



no Mortson'x Hifiory Bookl. 

Ac DroAtda his Lordfhip altered the lift of the 
FoQt^ the Horfe ftanding Itill as before. 

Itbe difpofal of the Foot into Garrifons the 13d. of 

March, 1600. 

ktxhtNewrynvActS]! Oliver St.Jobnsjfo. At 
Carlingford Captain Hanfard 1 00. At Mount Nor- 
ris under Sir Samuel Bagnol ^.fo. At Dundalk under 
S)x Richard MoryTon ^00. Af. j^rdee Vi refrdhing 
but no ftanding Cjarrifon 3fo. At Lufcannon^o. 
AiTullagb 3fo. At fTicklow zfo. At the Navan 
300. At the Naas 100. In^efi'meatb4.fo. In 
Ophaly 200. In Leax 300. At jitby 100. At 
Monaflreven 300. 

In Connaught. 

Sir John Earkeley Deputy Govcrnorioo. The 
Lord oiDunkellin now upon bis Father's Death Earl 
of Clanrickard ifo. More under four Captains 

fOO. 

Foot in G^ft^^j^ ^xiditDoyne's Country. 

Three Captains 400. Captain TTsonias Roper ifO. 
At Reban ifo. In oCarroPs Country 100. In 
Kildare i fo . At Dublin the Lord Deputy's Guard 
200. At Carrickfergus under Sir Jrthur Chtchofier 
ffo. Of new Companies 1 1 yo. being caft, and 
y'o. made over to Lough foyle Garrifon, remain- 
ed 800. Of Sir Charles Pierce'* s Company, 100 
were made over to other Captains, and 5*0 were ad- 
ded to Loughfoyle Gzrrifon. Thefe Companies to- 
gether with the Foot in Munjler and at LougbfoyU^ 
to make the new lift of Foot 132^0. 

Her 



Chap. 11. ofllkELA N D. 2 1 % 

Her Majefty^s Charge in Ireland from the firft of 
AprU, in the Beginning of the lear 1600, to the 
laft of March, in the Beginning of the Tear 1 60 1 . 

Her Majefty's Allowances by Eftabliihment, and 
by her Letters for Increafe, amount to 276914/. 
pj. 4^, ob, qu. demy. ' 

Hereof laved by the Lord Deputy's Providence, 
ifz6il. fs. fd. 

Saved alfo by Checks impofed on the Anny, 
1701P/. 16 s. s>d. ob. 

So her Majefty's Charge for the Army this Year, 
beiides Munition and like Extraordinaries, amount- 
eth to 234622/. yj. zd. qu. demy. 

It remains briefly to coUeft (out 
of the Lord Prefident's Letters to the Mmffln: 
Lord Deputy), the Services done in 
Munjier the Year 1600 now ended. About the 
i6th of jfprily in the Beginning of the Year 1600, 
Sir George CareWy LordPrefidcnt of Munfter^ de- 
parting from Kilkenny^ where he had been fomc 
Days detained by the Earl of Ormondes Surprifal at 
a Parley with the Rebels, czmc to Wat erf or d. And 
Vjomas Fitz-JameSy Baftard Son to James Fitz* 
gerald htehord of the Decies, chief Rebelinthe 
County of Water f or d^ fearing prcfcntProfecution^ 
made Suit to be received to her Majcfty's Mercy, 
which the Lord Prefident granted, as well to draw 
from the titulary Earl of Dejmond (ome Part ot his 
Strength, as to open the Paflage between Water* 
ford 2nd Tougbatl by Land, formerly ihut up, fo as 
nothing could pals any Way but by Sea. The 
zxd of Jpril^ at Dangarven his Lordmip received 
aavertifem'eiit that Florence Mac Carty^ after many 
Favours from the State, being wholly hifpaniolifed, 
had great Power in Carlhy and De/mof^^ and ac« 

.0 2- ccrtAccsv^ 



Ill MoRYSON'f Hifiory BookL 

cording to his Plot with Tyrone at his being therc^ 
was entcried into open Aftion, (fo they term Rebel* 
Kon): That Capt. //e^w^r, Serjeant-Major of il/«»- 
fter^ had hereupon entered Carbry with 1 200 Foot 
and 1 00 Horfe, burning and fpoiling the fame, and 
killing many Rebels : That Florence had levied of 
the Provincials and Bonnaghs (fo they called waged 
Soldiers) zooo Foot, yet never attempted the 
Englifi^ till in their Return they came within five 
Mues of Cork^ where in a Faftnefs, the Mid- way 
between Cork and Kinfale^ they aflailed the Englijoj 
and were beaten by them, fome 100 of the Rebels 
being flain, in which Confliffc Capt. Firmer had 
two Horfes ilain under him. The 24th the Lord 
Prefident came to Cork^ where he received the 
State of the Province by the relation of Sir Henry 
Pore fole Commiflioner for Munfter^ (fince the kill- 
ing of his Partner, Sir IVarhatn St. Le^er^ by Mac 
Guirej likewife killed in the Fight) andunderftood 
the Rebels to be ftrong and Mafters of the Field, 
fupplied with all Nece^ies from the Towns thro' 
the Perfuafion of Priefts, and the Covetoufnefs of 
the Townfmen. About this time Fitzgibbon^ call- 
ed the fFhite Knight^ either ill ufed by Tyrone at his 
being in Munfter^ or fearing Profecution, fubmit- 
ted himfelf to her Majefty's Mercy. Likewife- 
Florence Mac Carty^ by Perfuafion of Friends y and 
upon fafe Conducb, came to the Lord Prefident, 
and protefted Loyalty to her Majefty, but refufed 
to give his Son for pledge, left his waged Soldien 
fhould caft him out of his Country, till his Lord* 
Ihip threatened to lay afide all other Service iharply 
to profecutc him, whereupon he confented for hia 
Pledge, but required to have the County of Def* 
;/i0;i(/ given to him and his Heirs, with tide of mac 
Carty More^ or Earl of Clancar^ with like high 
Demands, which being rejedted, he deiired leave 
to fue for thefe Graces in England^ with prcunife 
not to fcrve againft Her Majefty's Forces in the 

mean 



Chap. II. oflKEhAi^D, 213 

mean time, wherewith the Lord Prefident was fati^ 
fiedjhaving no other end for thePrefent,than to make 
him ftand neutral, while the whole Forces were im-: 
ployed againft the titulary Earl of Defmond^ James 
FitZ'thomaSj called the Suggon Earl by Nick- 
name. Now one Dermod 6 Connor^ having no 
Lands, vet by Marriage with the Daughter of the 
Old Earl of Defmond and his great Valour, had the 
leading of 1400 Bonnaghs. And becaufe the Lor4 
Prefident hoped to ruin the Rebels one by another \ 
at this time by the Wife of thefaid Dermod mdo^ 
ther Agents his Lordfliip plotted with him, upoa 
promife of great Rewards to kill James the titulary 
Earl of Dejmond : And in like fort, one John Nu* 
gent a Rebel, upon Promife of Pardon and Re- 
ward, did within few Days undertake to kill John 
the faid Earl's Brother. About the Beginning of 
May Redman Bourke leading f 00 Rebels, lofi i zo 
of them while he adventured to take a Prey in^ 
Duiers Country, and being nouriflied by the Lord 
Prefident, with hope to be Baron of I^//ri«r, drew 
his Men out of Munfter into Ormondj with purpoff 
to lead them into Connaugbt: And 7?rr^/ Leader of 
the Northern Men, flayed not long behind him, 
pretending Difcontent againft Dermod 6 Connor^ 
but indeed fearing fome Plot againft his Head. It 
had been long rumoured that the Lord Prefident 
would take the Field the 6th of May^ which made 
theRebels draw to a head and fpend their Vi£hials,fo 
as after 10 Days they were forced to difperfe them- 
felves. The loth of May the Lord Prefident took 
the Field, and marching tovfzxds Limerick^ fettled 
Warders in fome Caftles to fecure the PafTage thi- 
ther from Kilmallocb. At Limerick his Lordfhip 
underftood t)\2Xjobn Nugent Thowt^vmntdi^ being 
ready (as he had undertaken) to kill John Brother to 
the titulary Earl of Defmond^ was by accident hin- 
dred from difcharging nis Piftol, and being appre- 
hended, W9sput; to Death i but as well Jobn^ the 

O 3 titulary 



114 Moryson'5 Hijiory BookL 

titulary Earl his Brother, were fo terrified herc- 
tirith, as they durft never keep together, and 
thought themfelveslcaftfecure in the Head of their 
own Men from like Praftices. The Lord Prefidcnt 
marched into John Bourke^s Country, and fpoiling 
the fame, forced him to feek her Majefty's Mercy 
on his Knees, which at laft he obtained, thougn 
with Difficulty. His Lordfliip having gained here 
plenty of Grain for the Army, fent roo Foot inr 
to Omulrian's Country, wholpoiledtne fame, and 
killed many Rebels. Then his Lordfhip returned 
to Limerick without any Lofs, and in the oeginning 
of June divided the Army into Garrifons not far 
diflant , which his Lordfhip did though the time 
were fit for Service, that he might attend the Plot 
with DermodS Connor for killing the titulary Earl of 
Defmohd which could not welioe done, except the 
jR^ebels were difperfed, who would keep together 
as long as the Englijh Army was in the Field. Be- 
fides, his Lordfhip upon their breaking, took ad- 
vaYitage to fettle a Garrifon at Asketon without any 
Refiltance. Dermod 6 Connor took the titulary Earl 
Prifoner in the name of 6 Neal^ pretending by a 
'forged Letter that he had plotted his Death with 
the Lord Prefident, and prefently fent his Wife 
for the Money promifed in Reward, wifhing the 
Lord Prefident to draw his Forces to Kiltnallocb^ 
where he would deliver him the Prifoner, which 
his Lordfhip did accordingly the i6th of June^ 
but the Rebels having notice Jicreof, drew toge- 
ther 4000 in Number, flopped the Paflages, fct the 
titulary Earl at L iberty, and befieged Dermod 6 C^»- 
»<;r in a Caflle, till the Lord Prefident marching 
thither thezpth of June, forced them to leave the 
Siege. His Lordfhip kept the Field, took the 
chief Caflle of the Knight of the Valley, where- 
in were flain 60 Warders, took other Caflles, and 
did many good Services, the Rebels in great number 
lying near him, but never oflfering to fight, by 

Reafon 



Chap.ll. of IRELAND. 2ij 

Reafonof the Jcaloufics between them, "whereup- 
on 2f 00 Connaught Men were Suitors to his Lord* 
fhipto return home without Impediment from his 
Forces. At this time 6 Connor Kerry )iieided his 
Callle to the Queen, and was received to Mercy, 
and the Lord Prefident at lafl: granted a Pafe to the 
Rebels of Connaught^ but the Lord Bourke not 
knowing thereof, for a 'private Revenge, fet up- 
on them as they marched home, and flew 60 of 
them, belides many drowned. The 1 6th of July 
the Lord Prefident bcftowcd the Army in Garri- 
sons: The 13d. oi July his Lordfhip took the 
Field again, to relieve the Men he had formerly fenc 
into Kerry ^ and marching thither, took Lexncao 
the chief Houfe of the Lord Fitz^morricej and 
many other Caftles, for Grief whereof the faid 
Lord died, yet leaving a Son then as dangerous as 
himfelf. The Lord rrefident returned to Cork 
about the 1 8th of jfugufiy leaving Sir Charles ^ih 
mot Governor o£ Kerry ^ a valiant Gentleman, a 
chief Commander under him, and in the firft Rank 
of thofe Inftruments he ufed in all Services, who 
in fhort time brought moftof the Freeholders of 
Kerry to due SubjeSion, and drove the titulary Def' 
mond out of thofe parts. All the Garrifons in 
time of Harveft, gathered as much Com as they 
could, and deftroyed the reft, which made the Re- 
bels not able to lubfift the Year following. Sir 
George Ticrnton hearing that the titulary Earl of 
Defmond pafled near Kilmallocb fent the Garrifon 
out, and Capt. Greame charging them with his 
Troop of Horfe, killed iia or them, in which 
Conflift the Englijh got 300 Garrons laden with 
Baggage, i f o Pikes and Pieces, with other Wea- 

Eons, and 40 Horfe, but th^ Englijh had idHorfes 
illed in the Fight. The titulary Earl of Def- 
mond J could never after draw 100 Men tog;ether, 
and was forced to fly into Ttpperary with his Bro- 
ther y^i&;y. Pierce Lacy an arch Rebel^ and the 



ai^ MoRysoN*5 fLfiory Pookl, 

Knight of the GUn^ whence his Brother yobn^ 
lulled into Ulfter for Relief from Tyrone. And in 
the end of this Summer upon the departure of the 
BonnagRoi Connaugbt and Ulfter^ and the good 
5uccels of the Englijb^ many of the Provincials 
fubmitted themfelves^yetfent to Rome for a Difpen- 
iation of their fo doing . About the midft of OSo- 
ber yames Fifz-gerald (who had long been iqiipiifo? 
ced in the Tower of LondoHj being the next zod 
pruc Heir to the laft Earl of Defmoni^ and releafed 
by the Queen with Title of Earl by Letters Pat*; 
^nts fent to the Lord Prefident, and Promife of a 
good Proportion of ]Liand to fupport his Dignity 
at the end of the War, according to his Defprts iq 
her Majefty's Service, and in the mean time to live 
upon p>ay m the Army) h^ided at Tougbal^ and th» 
:iSth Day cs^ne to the Lord Prefidcnt at Malkgb^ 
and vras indufbious in the Queen's Service. Pert 
mod i Connor }Mng in Connsu^t J and hearing of the 
yoqng Earl of iiefmond*^ Arrival^ upon Promife of 
great Services had (he Lord Prefident^s Protection 
to come unto him, but was fet upon by Tiiot no 
Longy his Men defeated, he taken and hanged, 
whereupon Tt^ot having then a Compat^y in her 
Majefty's Pay was caihired. Florence mac Cartf 
havmgall this while praftifed underhand many 
things againfl the State, and putting ftill off his 
Appearance by dilatory Excufes, at laft in O^aier 
b)r the Defperatenefs ot his Ellate was forced to Cvb^ 
mit, and ootained Pardon upon Pledges of hisLoy-: 
alty ■ The titulary Earl of Defmond ftealinG; back 
into Munfter lived as a Wood- kern, never having 
more than two or three in his Company. 

In November^ Sir Charles ff^ilmot'took the laft 
and only Caftle the Lord Mac Morrice had in Kerry^ 
and his eldcft Son therein (betrayed by a Pricft for 
Safety of his Life) and great Provifions laid up in 
that Caftle. In thefe two laft Months Sir Richard 
"Percy lying in Garrifon at J^faky twice pafledia* 



Cbap.II- <jf IRELAND. iif 

to the Country, and took Preys of f oo Covrs^ 
killing many Rebels, In December the JE>ordPre- 
fident had Notice where the titulary Earl lurked, 
^d Cent Men to furprize him $ but he efcapra 
in fuch haite, as he left his Shoes behind him. 
And now there was not a Galtle in Mfinfter held 
for the Rebels, nor any Comnahy of i o Rebels toge« 
thcr, though there wanted, not loofe Vajgabonds 
difperfed in all Comers, fo ais his Lordlhio had 
leilure to look into the Corporate Town^ bein^ 
Aiders, Abettors, and Procurers underhand of this 
JlebeUion, all the Queen's Treafurc being fpent 
|n them by the Soldiers, and they underhand fup- 
plying the Rebels with all Neceffaries, though at 
excemve Rates. The Rebels fled out of Munfier 
into Tipferary and Ormoudj had hitherto lived there 
among the Bulhrsj beini^ Subje£ts, without any 
Diihirbance, the rather tor the Earl of OrmontT^ 
mourning for the Death of his moft worthy and 
virtuous Lady : But in January his Lordihip fent 
fome Forces againll: them, who killed many, and 
forced the reft to fly, whereof fome were drowned 
palEng the Waters then very high, and fome chief 
Rebels were taken and hanged at Kilkenny. About 
the End of January^ the Lord Prefident fent looo 
Foot of the Munfier Lift, to be difpofed by the 
Lord Deputy, as he had Direftion to do. His 
Lordihip to (cttle the Country the better, refdfed to 
renew any Prote&ions, fo as all were forced to (tie 
their Paitlons, and in two Months Space befote 
the End of Fekruary^ upon his Lordflxip's Redom* 
mendation, more than 4000 Munfter Men had their 
Pardons, granted bvthe ^ord Deputy, andpajBTcxl 
under the great Seal. 



THE 

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THE 

REBELLION 

O F 

HUGHyE2ilo£7yrone,8cc. 

BOOK II. 



C H A P. T. 

Of the Lord Deputy* s particular Proceedings in the 
Profecution of the Rebels^ and of the. Spaniards 
invading IreUnd, in the Tear itioi- 

WH IL E the Lord Deputy lay at Dro- 
gheda{x>axac\y, from theii'ftof Aiarcb^ 
till the itfth of jfpriij upon which Day 
he returned to Dubiin^ 'hi& Lordihip 
aiTemUed the Counfellors of State, to attend him 
there. And upon tiie 28th of Marcb^ idot, the 
Lord Deputy and Council wrote .from JDrogbeda 
(vulgarly called Tredavb) their joint Letters to the 
Lords in England, whereby they advertifcd, that 
the Lord Deputy having fpcnt the greateft Part of 
Winter in the Irtjh Countries of Leinjier^ hadby 
burning their Com, coofuming their Cattle, and 
killing 



chap. I. tf/ IRELAND. 21^ 

killing many of them, fo fcattcred their main 
Strength, as certain of the Chief had fince fub- 
mitted to the Queen's Mercy, and the reft were 
fevered into fmaH Companies, and unlike to draw 
to any dangerous Heads yea, Ttrrely in Opinion 
the greateft among them (taken for Tyrone's Lieu- 
tenant in Leinfter^ being forced out of his great- 
eft Faftnefs, now with a few bafe Kerne follow-' 
ing him, was driven to wander in Woods and Bogs, 
feeking to efcape into the North (as ihortly after 
he did, notwithftanding that certain EngUJh Com- . 
panics were left to hunt him in his Walks, and to^ 
ftop his Paflage.) That his Lordihip defirous to 
be at hand, to watch all Opportunities of Service 
upon the Northern Borders, had pierced into the" 
Fearny^ and that Sir Richard Moryfon^ Governor 
of Dundalkj with his Garrifon, had formerly waft-' 
cd, and now paffed tTirough the FeweSj and met 
his Lordihip there, fo as both thefe Countries be- 
ing fpoilcd, Ever macCooly^ Chief of the /J?<!»r»y,ahd' 
Turlogh mac Henry ^ Capt. of the FeweSj had both 
been humble Suitors for her Majcfty's Mercy, and 
were commanded to appear ihortly,and make their' 
humble Submiffions: Which Courfe Kkewifc the 
Septs of the Breftny were like to take^ for many 
of them chaftifed by the Army, and utterly dis- 
couraged, had alr^y divers times offered moft 
humble Submiffions. That his Lordfhip hereup- 
on had called the Counfellors to Tredagh^ there to 
confider of the Circumftances and Conditions, to 
be obferved in taking thefe Siibmifliohs, as alfo to 
deliberate how the Army might be imployed moft 
to vex Tyrone J till the Summer came on, at which 
time his Lordfhip purpofed to dwell upon him, 
and put him to Trial of his uttermoft Fortune. 
That it was refolved in Council to accept the Sub- 
miffions of the Chief of Fearny^ and the Captain 
of the FeweSj above-named, as likewife of the 
Septs of the Brenny (thefe Uiree Countries being 



^^o MoKYSoifs Hiftory BookIL 

u Uedge between the Rnglijb Pale, and the North, 
ax)d yieldlBg many Commodities to pals into Tyrone 
vith her Majefty *s Forces^ that it was refolved to 
fep4 M^ Guyir into Fermanagh with zoo Men to 
l^p )4m for a time, againft thic Rebel Mac Guyer 
(whom he and his Son had already much impove- 
riihed^) for he was thought a fit Inftrunient (in 
oic he prevailed,) as well to intangle fyrone and 
infeft 6 Rorke^ as to help the Plantation at BalU'^ 
fiarmon^ intended to be put in Execution about 
^um following, when Forage could be had for 
Horfes. 

They further follicitedby thcfc Letters for Sup- 
plies ot Vi&uals, Munition and Monev, and that 
the ViAualsand Munition ihould be addrefTed fome 
Part to DuhUn and Tredagb^ but the greatefl: Part 
to Gahoayj being intended for the Forces to be 
planted at BalUJba$mon^ and thofe to invade ^yroM 
th^t Ty ay J and the reft to Carlingford^ intended 
fat the Forces to invade Ttyrone by the Way of the 
Nrwry^ which Invafion was purpofed about the 
Midft of June^ when Forage might be had for 
the Horfe, and this they prayed, becaufe the un- 
^^ppi^ ^^ refhipping of tne Vi&uals at Dublin^ 
caufed great E^pence of Money, and wafte of the 
Vi^uak. 

Sturlogb mac Henry Captain of the Fewes^ and 
Ever mac CoolyyoS the Family of t\it mac MabownSy 
Chief of the Feamy^ did aoout this time declare 
themfelves to be Subjects, and humbly made their 
SubmifHons on their Knees, figning certain Ar- 
ticles of Subjeftion under their Hands, and put- 
ting in Pledges for Performance thereof. And 
the £ud Ever in particular confefTed in the Arti- 
cles under his Hand, that he was not Lord, but 
Farmer of the Fearny^ binding himfelf to pay her 
Aimo 60 MajeftyhisoldRent. Thejiftof iliirtfir, 
i(Soi, her Majefty figned the following 
Eftabliihment. 

Officers 



Chap.i. 0/ IRELAND Hi 

Officers General. 

The Lord Deputy for his Diet i po /. per mtnfm | 
a Band of Horfc 3/. 45. per diem ^^ fo Foot, cacn 
at 8 4f. ^^f diem i for Allowance in Lieu of Ceffe, 
10/. per annum^ be fides his Companies of Horn 
and Foot in the Army. In all per diem i i /. 6s. 

6d. V P^i" annum^ 4444 '• ^7^* id. ^. 

The Lieutenant of the Army j/. per die^% 
lopr/. per annum. 

The Treafurer at War, i/. if s. per die^i 
6j8/. If s. per annum. 

The Marmal befides his 30 Horie zti s. per dkn$ 
without Cheque in the Army, fs. s>d. per diem f 
104/. 18 X. s>d. per annum. 

The Serjeant MajoN>f the Army, 1 Lperdiem^ 
36f /. per annum. 

TheMafter of the Ordnance, 1 /. 6 s. 11 d. pir 
diem\ 491 /. 4J. fd. perarmum. 

Minifters of the Ordnance, i/. fS. id. pet 
Sem \ 4fp/. rx. 10 d. pet annum. 

Mufter-mafier General lis, 6i. per diem%. 
zop/. 17X. 6 d. per annum. 

Comptroller of the Vi£h]ab \os. per dieik% 
182/. 10 s. per annum. 

Five CommifTaries of Viduals, i at 8^. and 4 
aLchzt6s. perdiem^ il. its. perdiemi f 84/. /^ 
dnnum. 

Fomteen Colonels, each at tos.perdieM^fl. 
per diem j Zfjrf L per annum. 

Scout-mauer, befides 6 Horf(^ eadhr at i i. per 
dietH^ Part of the Army, 6s. %a. per dieit^i iiit. 
13 s. 4^. p& annum. 

PiroYoft-Mjurfhal of the Army ftr fixnifetf aakl^ 
^Horfemcn, 4/. ^d. ^ dieki fft. tit. j*\ 
per annum. • 



zit MotTsoN'i fiiftory Bookll. 

Officers Provincial. 

Prcfident of Munfier at i } 3 /. 6^.8 d.per annum 5 
tiis Diet and the Counfels at 10/. the Week 5 his 
Retinue of 30 Horfe and lo Foot at i /. 10 j. 7^. \. 
perdiem'f 3/. 6s. 6d, jperdiem-y 1113/. 131. 4^/.^. 
per annum. 

Provoft-MarfhaliniMir»/tfr, 14J. per diem ',zffL 
los. perannum. 

The Commander of the Forces in Connaught at 
10 J. ^^r ^/>«^, with an Increafe of 100/. per annum ^^ 
ifs. fd. i. per diem-, iStl. 10 s. per annum. 

Provoft-Marfhal in Connaught^ befides 1 2 Horfc- 
mcn of the Army, ^ s. yd. j. per diem y lozl. 
14 J. I d,^. per annum. 

Commander of the Forces at Loughfoykj befides 
his Pay of loj. ^#r i/^;» as Colonel, hath 3 j. 4^. 
per diem. 60 I. 16 s. id. perannum. 

Provoft-Marfhal there, ^s. per diem% J^L per 
annum. 

Provoft-Marfhal of Ballijhannon^ 4 s. per diem^ 
yi^l. perannum. 

Lieutenant of the ^een's-Countyy 6 s. 8 J. per 
diem^ ml. i^s. ^d. per annum. 

Provofl-Marlhal in Leinjier for himfelf and 6 
Horfemen, fi. jd. k.perdiem-^ toil. 145. id.j. 
perannum. 

Warders inLeinfter per annumy 13 10/. ips. zd. 
.. Warders in Ulfier per annum^ 821 /. f x. 

WzrAsxs in Munfter perannum^ f4i/. iS/. p^/. 

Warders in Connaught per annum^ zoo /. 

ixpo Horfraien difhibuted into 24 Bands, the 
Captain 45. the Lieutenant zs. 6d. the Cornet 
zs. per diem^ and 300 Horfemen, each at is. 6d. 
ffrdtem^ on Condition thev be Englijb both Horle 
and Men, or elfe to have ^ut i s. per diem. And 
200 Horfemen at is. ^d. per diem^ and 700 Horfe- 
oieaatix. per diem. Perannum z^zjil. 

14000 



Chap-L «/ IRELAND. 123 

14000 Footmen, diftributed into 140 Bands^ 
the Captain4x. Lieutenant 2 i. Enfign is. 6d. per 
diemj t Serjeants, i Drum, and i Surgeon, each 
at I s. a-piece per diem^ and each Soldier at 8 d. per 
diem. Per annumi99ji^l. 16s. Sd. 

Penfioners in the Mufter-booJc per annum^ 1 8pp /. 

IfS. lod. 

Penfioners by Letters Patents per annum^ 874 /. 
^ s. prf. |. 

13 Almfmen /^rtf;i;»^;^, 88 /. ipj. 4^.?. 

Officers of the Mufters which are payable out 
of the Checks, namely, i Muller-mafter at 6 s. 
%d. I Comptroller at 10 x. and zo CommifTaries,: 
each at is. 4^. per diem. Per annum ifzoi. 16 i. 
Sd. 

Extraordinary Allowance forMeffengers,Efpials, 
Poft-barks, Rewards of Services, £5?^. per annum^ 
^000 /. 

Total of this Eftabliihmcnt perannum^ ^ff77i '• 
I J. zd.^. 

Memorandum^ that the dead Pays allowed to the 
Captains in each Company of Horfe or Foot, are 
herein contained, but the Charge of Munition, 
of levying Horfe and Foot for reinforcing the Ar* 
my, with many like Charges, are not herein con*^ 
tained. 

The 6th oi Aml^ 1601, hisLordihip receiv^ 
Advertifement n*om Capt. Jofias Bodley^ at the 
Newry^ that he, and Capt. Edward Blany^ Go^ 
vernor of the Fort oif Afounf-NarriSj purpofing 
to furprize Loghrorcanj could not carry a Boat^ 
which they Ibad provided to that Purpole, but he 
carrying certain Fire- works provided in cafe the 
Boat ihould fail, went to the Fort, and joining 
with Capt. JBlanji^ marched toward^ that Iflaiu^ 
where they arrived by eight of the Qock in th^ 
Morning, and leaving their Forcesbehind a Wood, 
they both went together to difcovcr the Ifland} 

which 



114 MoRYsoN^j fjlfiory fiookll« 



^r which doiic Capt. BoiUy made ready xo Arrowaf 
•^^ with Wild-fire, and fo they both fell down wirii 
too Shot clofe to the Water, where the Shot 
playing inceflantly upon the Ifland, while the 
other aelivered their Arrows, fuddenly the Houies 
fired, and burnt fo vehemently, as the Rebels 
lodging there, forfook the liland, and fwam to 
the further Shoar. That after they faw all burnt 
to the Ground, they fired a great Houfe upon their 
Side of the Shoar, and killed there 6 Kerne, (gain- 
injg their Arms) befides Churls and Calliachs^ and 
after the burning of other Houfes alfo, they brought 
away fome Cows and Sheep, with other Pillage i 
and they underftdod by a Prifoncr, thdt there were 
about 30 Perfons in the Ifland, whereof only 8 
^am away, (of which 4 were fhot in the Water,) 
fo as the reft either were killed or lay hurt in the 
Ifland. Likewife they underftood by the faid Pri« 
foner, that great Store of Butter, Com, Meal, 
and Powder, was burnt and fpoiled in the Ifl^d, 
which all the Rebels of that Country made their 
Magazine. Further, that fome 40 Kerne skir- 
mifhed with them at Places of Advantage, in their 
Retreat for two Miles March 5 but howtoever the 
common Opinion was, that the Rebels fuftaiAod 
great Lofs by this Service, yet of the Englijh on- 
ly two w6re flain and feven hurt. 

The 7th oijtpril Sir Henry Dockwra^ Governor 
of Loughfoyky wrote to his Lordihip, that he had 
taken the Submiffion of Hugh Boy^ of whofe Ser- 
vice to her Maiefty, he was confident to make 
n^fold good Ules, as well for the prcfent fettling 
Sir John oDogberty^s Country after his late death* 
ak for revealing the Rebels feCret Counfels, well' 
kdown to him. Among which, he confidently 
avowed that the King ot Spain hadpromifedto ih- 
vitde/z'^ilt^this Year, with 6000 Men,and tolandat 
fome Towtr in Minjlery ((wearing that three of 
the chief Cities had promifed to receive them :) 

Addingi 



chap. I. of lKELA^D. i%f 

Adding, that Florence mac Carty- had written to 
6 Donnely that he had fubmittejd/to the Queen on" 
ly upon Neceffity, and that-upon the Spaniards 
coming he would join withjtjbem. This Govcr* 
nor fijither advertilcd that J^helim Oge^ Chief of a 
contrary Faftion in 6 Dogh^ty's Country, deiired 
to make ]iis humble Submiflion to the Queen's 
Mercy iipon thcfe Conditions j to leave o5F the 
Name ox 6 Dogherty^ and obey any Man, to whom 
her Majefty ftould give that Country. To pay 
all Debts his Men did owe to «iy Sume£ts. To 
difcharge his Soldiers. To return to the Ownen 
1 200 Beeves he had cut for 6 DonneL To make 
Satisfaftion for a Bark coming to the Liffer^ which 
his People had taken and fpoiled : And to yield up 
to him the Governor all the Cattle fhould be found 
in bis Country belonging to d DonneL Adding^ 
that Sir John Bolles in a Journey made upon 6 Cane^ 
had killed fifty of his People, had burned many 
Houfes and much Corn. And that the Garrifoa 
of the Liffer had fpoilcdTlrconnelj had Hain manjr, 
and had brought away loo Cows, and great 
Booties. 

The loth of utpril Sir Ogby 6 Hanlon^ a Nor- 
thern Lord fubmitted himfeUF on his Knees to her 
Majefty^s Mercy at ^redagh^ and figned certain Ar- 
ticles, for the Performance whereof he took hit 
Oath. And becaufe thefe Articles (except there 
fell out fome fpecial Reafbn to leave out fome of 
them, and to add others) were the fame to which 
all Submitties at this time were tied, I wiU once 
for all add the Brief of than. 

After his Acknowledgment xhtiXQwcxiEUzahetb^ 
by the Grace of God Q|mn of England^ France^ ana 
Ireland^ 8cc. is the true, abfolute, and fovereigo 
Lady of this Realm of Ireland^ and of every Part^ 
and of all the People thereof with humble Con- 
feffion of his former Difloyalty, and of his Peni- 
tency, and like PFofefficm that he bad felt the 

Vol-. L P ^^v^^. 



ii6 Moryson'5 ffffiory BookIL 

Weight of her Majefty*s Power. This done, 
fiirther to the Example of all other OfFenders, he 
teftified, that be made this his humble Submiflion 
and Proteftation of his Penitency, his future Loy- 
alty and endeavour to redeem his Faults by his good 
.Services 5 then he acknowledged under his Hand, 
that now before the Lord Deputy and Council he 
taketh a corporal and religious Oath for all and fe- 
veral Articles following > Namely, that he will 
ever continue a loyal Subject : that for Performance 
thereof, and of all the following Articles, he will 
put infufficient Pledges : that he doth renounce all 
Manner of Obedience to any foreign Power or Po- 
tentate, depending only on the Queen his Sove- 
reign : that he renounceth all Rebels, and will not 
aid them, but ferve againft them when he is com- 
manded : that he will to the uttermoft of his Pow- 
er withftand and confound any difloyal Subje£t, or 
foreign Enemy attempting againft the facrcd Perfon 
or Eftate of her Majefty, or the Qjiietnefs of her 
faithful Subjefts, more efpecially againft the Arch- 
traitoi* Tyrone and the King of Spam fupporting 
him : that he will come to the State whenfoever he 
is commanded, neither will upon Wrongs feek to 
right himfelf, but will feck Redrcfs by Courfc of 
Law : that he will reveal all Confpiracies of Trea- 
fon which he fhall hear : that he will fue out her 
Majefty's Pardon within certain Days for him and 
his Followers, and anfwer for their good Behavi- 
our : that he will book thefe Followers within 
certain Days : that he will fuffer all Subje£ts (afely 
to trade in his Country : that he will extort no 
black Rents, or make other Exa£bions on his People 
but by dueCourfe of a Subjeft. For fincerc Per- 
formance hereof, he teftified that he had taken his 
corporal Oath upon his Knees before the Lord De- 
puty and Council, (the fame Oath being folemnlv 
miniftred to him, and taken by him in the faid Al- 
fembly) and did again vow the fame upon his Sa- 

lutation^ 



Gyp.L (?/ IRELAND- t%f 

utation, religioully profefling that if he ihoul4 
break thofe Articles, or any of them, he would 
acknowledge himfelf not only to be worthy of alt 
Infamy and extream Puniihment, but ever after to 
bemoft unworthy to bear the Name of a Chriftia% 
or to enjoy the Society of Men, to which, as he 
had unfeignedly i worn, fo now ia witnefs thereof, 
he did in this written Form of Submiflion fet to his 
Hand, with addition of the Day of the Month, 
and of tjie Year when this Aft was done by him. 
Fb. The 1 6th of April^ the Governor of Loughfoyle 
by his Letters intreated that a Pardon might be paf- 
fed to Hugh Boy (which Bulinels the Bearer had 
undertaken to foUicit) and that Neal Garvey ta 
whom the Queen had granted 6 DomePs Country, 
might be fent back from Dublin^ becaufe the Irijb. 
were confident that upon his Arrival all the People 
of Tirconnel would flock unto him -, further adver-' . 
tifing, that the Garrifon of the Liffer had burnt the 
new Town, and killed twelve Kerne and thirty 
eight of other People, and had brought back fome 
three hundred Cows 5 and that the Garrifon oiDon^ 
negalhzdi burnt in 6 Kansas Country a great VillagCy 
and many Women, Children, and Cows, with 
the Houfes, and had killed fome forty Kerne and 
Churls. 

Thezjd of ..d?^// his Lordfhip kept St. George*^ 
Feali at Dublin with folemn Pomp, the Captains 
bringing up his Meat, and fome of the Colonels 
attending on his Perfon at Table 5 to which Feaft 
the Rebels were invited, whom his Lordfhip lately 
received to Mercy,- under her Majcfty 's Pfoteftion,' 
till their Pardons might be figned, namely, Tur^ * ^ >«f 
logh Mac Henry y Captain of the Fewes 5 Ever Mac 
Cootyy chief of the Feamey^ dHanlon^ a Lord of 
Ulfter 5 Phelim Mac Feagbj chief of the 6 Birns j 
and Donnel Spaniagb^ ' chief of the Cavanaghs m 
Leinfter: Thcfe were entertained with Plenty of 

P z Wine 



iiS MoRYSON'f Hiftory Book XL 

Wine tnd all Kindnefs, his Lordfhip aflkring them, 
that as he had been a Scourge to them in Rmellioii, 
fo he would now be a Mediator for them to her 
Majefty in their State of Subjefis, they ftanding 
firm and conftant to their Obedience. And no 
doubt, as there is a fecrct My ftery of State in thefe 
folemnPomps, and as his Lordihip therein, for his 
Pcrfon and Carriage, was molt comely and (if I 
may ufe the Word) majeftical, fo the Magnificence 
of this Feaft wrought in the Hearts of thofe Re- 
bels, and by their relation in the Hearts of others 
after fubmitting, (both having firft experienced 
the Sharpnefs ot the Queen's Sword), fuch an aw- 
liil Refpcft to her Majefty^ and fuch Fear tempcr'd 
with Love to his liordflhip, as much availed to con- 
tain them in due Obedience. 

From the End of March to the Beginning of 
May^ upon the Lord Prefident's Intercefiion by 
Letters to the Lord Deputy, many Pardons were 
granted for Life, Land, and Goods to Chieitains 
of Countries, and Gentlemen in Afo^^^rj namely, 
to Mac Carty Reough^ Chieftain of Carbery^ and 
210 Followers, as well Men as Women and Chil- 
dren 5 to OfivylHvan Beare^ and fome f i8 Follow- 
ers, asalfo to Oftvyllivan Brantry *y to John 6 Doyre 
of Jipperary^ and fome i f o Followers j to FitZ' 
James Gerald^ with fome 370 Followers % and to 
^eigue Mac Moreretagh 6 Brian^ in the County of 
Limrick^ with fome zi i Followers 5 and fome others 
which for Brevity I omit. And it was concluded 
at the Council-table, on the laftof jfpril^ that the 
two following Provifoes fhould be inferred in all 
Pardons, (and Charge was accordingly given to the 
(Queen's learned Coiirtcil, and to the OfficerSj and 
to his Lordfhip's Secretaries, whofe Hands all Par- 
dons pafled, that the faid Provifoes fhould be con- 
tinually inferted), namely, Firft, in regard fome 
notorious Rebels of the Pale might pafs as Follow 

ers 



Chap.I. ^/IRELAND. 219 

crs to remote Lords, that the Pardon be not avail* 
able to any but to the natural Inhabitants, Tenants, 
and known Followers of the Lord fo pardoned. 
Secondly, in regard many Rebels taken and to be 
judged according to the Law, might by over- 
fight be pardoned, Provifo was to be entred thar 
no Pardon ihould avail any who were already 
in Prifon or upon Bail. 

The zd of May his I^ordfliip wrote to the Lords 
in England^ that Munfier was not only well reduced, 
but began to tafte the Sweetnefs of Peace j that 
the like might be faid oiLeinfter^ except the Mores 
an4 Connors J who were fcattered, and had (ought, 
but could not obtain, of hipi the Queen's M^rcy : 
that the Nqrthern Borders of Uljier were aflurcd, 
ijamely, 6 Hanlon^s Country, the Fewes^ Clancar^ 
vil^ the Ferney^ moft of the Gjzlhglaffes^ and many 
of the Mac Mahownes-, and that a Garrifon wa3 
planted in the Brermy^ and the Qyecn's Mac Gwire 
fettled in FermafMgh : that Sir Henry Dockwra at 
Loughfoyle^ and Sir Arthur Chicbefter at Carrickfer" 
gus (commonly called Knockfergus\ had made their 
Neighbours fure to the Si:ate, and both had done 
Jier Majefty excellent Service : that only Connaugbt^ 
mofteafilv to be reduced, *was moft out of Order: 
chat for tnis Reason he thought fit to plant BalH* 
JhannonGmiSon through Connaugbtj which ihight 
be reduced with the very paifing of the Army j an<4 
therefore had perfuaded the Magazine of Vi£tuab 
at Galwayy fpccially fincc from thofe Parts his Lord- 
j(hip might eafily join with the Lord Prefident in 
Cale Spain (hould invade Munfier : that in the mean 
time his Lordihip would draw looo Foot out of 
Munfier to ferve in Ulfter^ and, for a time, borro y/ 
thence f oo Foot and hfty Horte for Cotmaugbt Jour- 
ney, the Forces remaining being fufficient to guard 
Munfier^ and greater than he had left in Leinfier^ in 
che Peace whereof he might feem to have moi^ 
proper Intereft* But if Spain {hould invade Mtm-' 



130 Moryson'^ Hijiory BookIL 

fter^ then all the Army was to be drawn thither, 
and great Supplies fent out of England^ fince the 
Defeftiop of tnc Irijb was like to be great, even of 
thofe who yet had never declared any Malice againft 
the State ; yet that his Lordlhip defired preiently 
ao Supplies, in regard of her Majefty's exccflive 
Charge in levying and tranfporting them, trufting 
that by the Rebels Forces diminifhed Occafion 
would be given to caft fomc of the Army, with 
which caft Companies the Defefts of the (landing 
might be fupplied, wherein his Lordfhip promiied 
to proceed without preferring fuch as even with 
their Blood flied in nis Sight defervcd Advancer 
inent, or fatisfying fome worthy Commanders 
(whofe Entertainment he had rather leflcned), or 
pleafuring thofe who plight juftly challenge Pre- 
ferment from him : Therefore praying that her 
Majefty would not command him to beftow new 
Companies (as of late fhe had done) upon fuch as 
of late had been abfent, and had only (drved at the 
lofing of the Kingdom, fo as they were leaft fit to 
be preferred before thofe who had hazarded their 
Lives in regaining it : Adding, that he writ not 
this to uphold any private Dependency on himfelf, 
cfteeming it^a great Vanity fo to do, but only to 
ftrengthen hinilelf fo long and no longer than he 
(hould be employed in her Majefty*s Service. That 
inftead of new Supplies he defired leave to entertain 
fomc of the Irijh Submittees in Pay, by them to 
confume the Rebels, and by the Rebels to diminifh 
their Number^ fince two things remained to fettle 
the Kingdom^: Firft, The ridding Ireland of the 
Swordmen, (to which End the IriJh affedted fome 
Journey into the Low-Countries or the Indies^ 
which could not make them any whit more able 
Soldiers than now they were, nor add to their 
Knowledge of War fit for Ireland^ which they 
flow had > but three Parts of four were like never 
^o return, if they were engaged in fuch a Voyage). 

Secondly^ 



ChapJ. tf/ IRELAND. 231 

Secondly jThc making of the Englijb Owners fit to 
inhabit their Lands, which was moft difficult, in 
regard of their Poverty, and of the great Quanti- 
ties of Lands they poflcllcd, fince, in particular 
of fome Gentlemicn of L^ax and Ophaliay each pof- 
feffed as much Land, as being well inhabited, would 
maintain more Men than all the Rebels of thofc 
Counties were in Number. 

About the loth of May his Lordfhip gave War- 
rant to pafs the Pardon of Phelim Mac Feogh 6 Bim 
of the Glins, with his Followers, and lik^wife of 
Phelim Mac Feogh 6 Toole of the Fartrey^ with fifty 
fix Followers : And upon thie humble Submiffion of 
Rojfe Mac Mahowne^ his Lordfhip granted him her 
Majefly's Protection, till he might iue out his Pari- 
don. . ' 

About this time his Lordfhip had advertifement 
from Sir Henry Dockwra^ Governor at Loughfoyle^ 
that he had taken in 6 Dogberty'*^ Country, and fe^ 
cured the PafTages into it, as well againll 6 Donnel 
as the falfe Inhabitants : that he having gathered 
the Forces to fpoil Hugh Mac Hugh Duff's Country, 
the Project was fruftrated by an Irifitnan itealing 
from the Army, and given them Intelligence here- 
of, fo as they drove the Prey far off into remote 
Parts : that Neal Garve with Cortnock 6 Neal^ dif- 
patched lately from Dublin^ were arrived at Lough* 
foyle : that he, the faid Governor, deferring the 
Profecution of i Kane^ becaufe he had no Haven in 
his Country for the landing of Spaniards j nor could 
efcape from the Englijb Forces though Spaniards 
ihould land > the fame time refolved to enter Hugh 
Mac Duff's Country, as more fit to receive foreign 
Forces, and to fupply them with Vi6tuals or other 
NecefTaries, and to this End that he had afTemblcd 
the Forces to the Liffer : that Shane Mac Manus Ogi 
i Donnelj commanding certain Iflands in the Sea, 
did there offer to fubmit, but upon fuch Conditi- 
ons as were unfit 5 yet the Irijh extolling his Valour, 

P 4 and* 



13* MoRYsoN'i Hiflory BooklL 

and intreating for him, and Neal Garve^ (or the 
time, being content to fpare him of the Men al- 
lowed him fifty Foot and twenty five Horfe j that 
he, the Governor, had further promifed him^ 
upon acceptable Service, to procure him as many 
more Men in her Majefty's Pay, whereupon he 
had taken his Oath of Obedience, andhadiecretly 
fent Word to his People to fpoil Rory 6 DonneV^ 
Country (who then had him in no Sufpicion); 
this done, that he, the Governor, fuddenly en- 
tered Hugh Duff's Country aforefaid, and (boiled 
the fame, taking a Prey of more than looo Cows, 
vith great Numbers o(^Garrons, Sheep,and Goats^ 
that thence he marched into Fanaght^ where Owen 
Oge Msc Swinedoij Lord of the Doe^ met him on 
the Borders, and delivjering the chief Pledges of 
his Country fi^r his and their Loyalty, to6K his 
•Oath of Otx:dience to her Majefty : that hearing 
of 4 DonneVs drawing into thofe Parts, he thence 
•retired with great Part of the Forces, leaving iVirii/ 
Harw with his Iri/b 2nd{omcEngliJk Companies for 
his A{n{lance,to fpoil and abfolutdy wafle Fa^nagbt^ 
to whom Mac Swine Fannagbt^ Lord of the Coun- 
trv, prefcntly delivered Pledges of his Loyalty, 
taking his Oath of Obedience to her Majefty, at 
whicK time likewifc Mac Swine Bane and i Bayk 
parneftly foUicited the Governor to be received to 
Mercy : that Neal Garve by the keeping of Tyr- 
cennel^ granted him ^Dublin for the Time till her 
Majefty might pleafe to pafs the fame to him by 
Letters Patents, and by great Gifts he had therq w 
ccivedj was puflfed up with Pride, dcfiring prdfent 
Poflcflion of^ the Country, and calling the People 
his Subjefts, and faying to the Governor's Face 
that he would puniih, exad, cut, and hang them 
as he lift 5 but that be had calmed him with fevcrc 
Speeches, and with Charge not to meddle with any 
Man, or any Part of the Country upon his AUegi- 
fince, iincc he had no Right but from her Majcfly 's 

Bounty, 



Chap.L 0/ IRELAND. 235 

Bounty, not yet fully cxprcfled^ and that not fovc- 
jeign, but limited, fo as might belt ftand with 
the People's Good, who were not his but her Ma* 
Jcfty's Subjeds s that he found him to be in his Na^ 
ture proud, valiant, miferable, tyrannous, un- 
meafurably covetous, without any Knowledge of 
God, or, almofl any Civility, good to be ufed 
while he was fitisfied, (which he could hardly bc^ 
being like a Quince, requiring great Coft e're it be 
good to eat), orwhilftne was icept under (which 
was the fitter courfe to be held with him), yet that 
he thought him fure to the State, in regard of the 
Pledges he had given, but much more, bocaufe hc 
could no way better his Eftate by leaving the 
Queen's Service, nor he fccureof any Word from 
d Donnelj whofe Brother he had killed : that Cor* 
mack 6 Neal^ being of late come from Dublin^ could 
hitherto have done no Service, but that he was of 
reafonable Efibeem among the reople of his Couii« 
try, and was of a mild honeft Diipofition, willing 
to ^rve without grating Begsaiy, or unreafonable 
Demands, yet was Irm^ and little lefs barbarous 
than the better Sort or Wood Kerne ^ that coming 
out of the Woods without Friend or Kin&ian he 
could then give no Pledges, but his Wife and ChU* 
dren were iince come to him, and within the Go- 
vemor's Power ^ befides tlmt, he feemed nox td 
be inclined to Treachery, neither could mend hif 
Eftate by leaving the Queen's Servioc, to which 
he came in voluntarily^ witi^out calling, forcing, 
or compoiition^ and tneretn remained with his De* 
£res limited and to be contented with Reafon; tluf 
Hugh Boy^ was fubtle, wife, civil, ^a Papi^ axu^ 
aliened (but not deeply malicious) ^inlt oDonneVf 
Perfon, yet firm in his Allegiitfice^ving comeiiii 
with his Country, anddelivered hia chief Pledge^ 
offering any other to be delivered upon Commaind j 
^nd having ^wcd the P^^es into his Country, 

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134 MoRYSON^f Hifiory BookIL 

aod himfelf follicited and furthered the fortifying 
thereof, daily giving fure and important IntelU- 

fences, to the jgrcat Furtherance of the Service j 
elides that, allhis Wealth lay within the Power 
pf the Qyeen's Forces : Laftly, that between thcfe 
Submittpes were Fa£tions and Heart-burnings, 
which difcreetly meafured could not but advantage 
the Service. 

The I rth of May the Lord Deputy received (bv 
the Hanos of Sir George Carey ^ Treafurer at War) 
a Proclamation (figned by the Queen) to be pub- 
lifhed, for making the new Standard of mixed Mo: 
nies to be only currant in this Kingdom, all other 
Coins being to be brought in to the Treafurer : and 
likewife a Letter from the Queen, requiring the 
Lord Deputy and Council to turther the due Exe- 
cution ot the Contents of this Proclamation, and 
by fome plaufible Graces, done in general to the 
Subje£i: (m the eftablifhing an Exchange of this 
Coin into fterling Money of England^ and taking 
away the Impofitions on Sea-coals tranfported into 
Ireland^ and in particular to the Captains of the 
Army, in allowing their dead Pays in Money after 
the Rate of 8 d. per diem^ and fome like Favours), 
inviting all to fwallow this bitter Pill, which im- 
noverim'd not only the Rebels, but her Majefty's 
Dej(t Servants in this Kingdom, only enriching her 
Paymafters fitting quietly at Home while others 
adventured daily their Bloods in the Service. 

The ioth of May the Lord Deputy and Council 
advertifed the Lords mEngJand^ that they had given 
Order to print 300 of the Proclamations for the 
new Coin to be publifhed through all Parts of Ire- 
land at one time : that they had in Council agreed 
upon a general hoafting for this Year, to begin the 
laft of June following j and in the mean time 
while that was preparing, that the Lord Deputy 
would draw the Forces to Dundalk upon the Nor- 
thern 



t- 



Chap. I. 17/ IRELAND.' 23^ 

thcrn Borders, there^ to w^tch Opportunities of 
Service, and fpecially by his Prefence to animate 
the new Submittees to attempt fomcthing againft 
the Arch-traytor Tyrone^ and to put them \n Bioo4 
agamft hini and his Confederates : and that his 
Lordfhip towards the time of the faid hoafting 
purpofed to return to Dublin^ and. to the End he 
might find there all things in readinefs for his intend- 
ed Profccution of ?3^^»^ in his own Country, they 
befought their Lordfliips that Vi6tuals and Muniti^ 
on might with all poffible Speed be fent thither out 
of England. The forefaid general hoafting is a rifing 
oyt of certain Foot and Horfe foun(l by the Sub-- 
jcilof the five £»g/(/&3hires^d the /r//6 Submits 
tecs to aflift the Queen's Forces, and thefe, together 
with fome of the Englijh Companies, his Lord* 
fliip ufed to lay in the Pale for the Defence thereoj^ 
at fuch time a§ thQ Forces werp to l>e drawn intd 
Ulfter. 

Xhe Rifing put of the five Englifh Shires and tb$ 
Irifli Submittees y viz. Of the County of Dublin. 
Befides i6 Kerne. . 



In the Barony of Balr4)thery^ 
Inthzt of Coivlocke J 
In that of Newcafthy 
In that of Caftleknocke^ 
In that of Rathdownep 



Horfc. 
00 
op 
00 
00 



Archeip 
Horfe. ^ 

z6 

10 



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z.Of 



ijtf MoRTsoN't Hifiory Book II 

». 0/ /fc Ciw«> »/ Meath. tijiiis loo X^m» «/ 
thi Pook 



Archcn 
Horic. 

J» 

3° 

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J 

■7 



48 
& 



Horie. 

latheBaionjrof i)«/»jf, 00 

Inthc^Aronyof f^rfM, %^ 

lachac of Rambt^ 00 

In thu of Dunioynt, 00 

InUutof I7;cjr, 00 

In tluu of Moyfewrag/j, 00 

to that of LuBt, 00 

tn that of NavMf 00 

Id that of Kmlki, alias Kills, i5 

Id that of f Aim, « 

Xnthatof /«w/rf, 28 

In that of MarialUn, y 
ThirHj, Of the County of irifl-\ , 

mati, J*° 



Futrtbly, Of the County of KiUare. 

lotheBaronyof 5'd»/r, 8 14 

In that of the upper JVlw^, 00 ij 

In that of the nether Naap, 00 r 

Ihthatof JCrfW/M, f 

In that of Narraib, oc 

In that of Sehan and Alby, o< 

Inthatof £r/to', : 

Inthatof O»^0/)r, ] 

In that of Connall, oc 

Inthatof C/0M, oc 

In that of Ohtby, 00 f 

In that of C<ir^«r>, 00 4 



nftii,. 



Chap.I. c/ IRELAND. 13^ 

Fifthly^ Of the County of Lotjofb. 

Archers 
Horfe. Horfe. 



z6 
6 



In the Barony of Ferrard^ 4 

In that of Atherdy^ \6 

In the Towns oiLowth and of Z>i^;i-1 , ^ 

Summa 207 374 
Tl^/^/ of both f8i 

7%^ Rijing out of th Irifh Lords^ and their Captains. 

The 6 ByrnSy over whom, after the Death of 
Sir Henry Harrington^ his Son, Sir fP'illiam Harring;* 
ton^ is Captain, by the late Queen's Letters Patent^ 
granted to his Father and him, Horfemen ii^ 
Kerne 14. 

The Cavanagbs having then no Captain ovet 
them, Horfe ii, Kerne 30. 

Other particukr Septs, befides thofe which 
were in Rebellion Horfe 104, Kerne 307. 

Total Horfe 1 20, Kerne ^61. 

fhe ProjeR of difpojing the Queen's Forees for tie 
following Summer's Service. 

Out of Munfier we thought fit to be fpared, and 
to be drawn into Connaught 1000 Foot and co 
Horfe, (fince there fhould ftill remain in Munfiet 
1600 Foot and zoo Horfe, for any Occafion of 
Service.) Foot looo^ Hone fo. \ 

In Commn^yfftrt already (befides fjbot mLonf^t 
Company,) Foot 1 1 ro, Horfe 74. 

Thefe to be placed as folio Weth . 

To keep at Galtouj ood dthhm in Cemeaugbt^ 
Foot 5ro. 

To 



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To leave at the Abby of Bojk in C^wMMugbt un- 
der die Command of the lace Lord of Dunkelkn^ 
now Earl of CUnrickard, Foot \ozOj Horfe6z. 

Thefe to further the Plaaution of BsUi- 
fianmn. 

To leave at the Annalj in LeixSer-Gd^ of tfic 
Sbanntmy under the Command of Six Jobm Barkeljj 
Foot 800, Horfe 11. 

Thefe fit to join with the undermentioned Forces 
of fFiftmeatbj KelSj and the reft upon the Nor- 
thern Borders, to ftop the Uljicr Rebels from 
coming into Leinfter \ or if they fhould pais them, 
then to join with the Forces of Opbuiyj and the 
reft Southward. Tybot ne Longj (the Payment of 
whofe Company had long been ftoppcd) was to 
be kept in good Terms. 6 Connor Sligo to be threa- 
tened, that if he did not fubmit, and declare him- 
felf againft i DonneJ^ before the planting of BalU-^ 
Jbannon^ he fhould have no Hope of Mercy. The 
Forces at the Abby of Boyle were to infeft 6 C#»- 
nor Sligo^ and to keep 6 Rorke from joining with 
iDonnel, Thofe at the Annaly^ to infcft iRwh^ 
befides the above-mentioned,- lying between any 
Forces that might come out of the North into 
Leinfter^ and to follow them if they fhould cfcape, 
it being likely that about Har\'eft-timc Tyrrel^ccd 
the 6 Connors will gather Strength (if they poffi- 
l ly can) to return and gather the Corn they (owed 
laft Year in Leax and Opbaly. And thus arc dif- 
pofed the above- faid Foot i^iyo, Horfe 114. 

Tbe Forces towards tbe Soutb of Leinfter /p lie tbus% 

In Opbaly, The Earl of Kildare i f o. Sir Gemrff 
Bourcber 100, Sir Edward Harbert 100, Capt. C«^- 
rel 100^ Sir Henry Warren 100 Foots In all fro, 
'Ezr\ ot Kildare z^y Sir Edward Harbert it Horfe i 
In all 57. In Leax. Sir Henry Power 1 fo. Sir 
Francis Rujbe ifo. Sir Tbgmas Loftus 100 Foot} 

In 



Chap.L «/ IRELAND. 239. 

In all 400. Mafter Maiihal lo, Czvt. Pigot iz 
Horfe^ In all 32. At Kilkenny. Earl of Ormond 
ifo Foot, fo Horfe. 

^e Forces towards the North of hcin&cr to lie thusi 

In fFeftmeath. Lord of Delvin lyOj Six Francis 
Shane 1 00 Foot. In Kelts. Capt. Roper i f o Foot. 
Earl of Kildare 2r, Sit Henry Harrington zf Horfe. 
At Lifcannon in tnc Brenny. Lord oxDunfany i f o, 
Capt. Efmond ifo. Sir fFilliam JVarren loo. Sir 
Henry Harrington 100, Foot foo. Lord of />i/ii- 
yi»y f o Horfe. At Dundalk. Capt. Freckleton 100 
Foot. In the Moyry. Capt, Handfard 1 00 Foot. 

Thcfe of the North and the Garrifons at the 
Abby of Boyle^ lie fit for Corrcfpondency. 

Tnefe of the South, together with the fubmit- 
ted Irijb in Ofprojfery^ and the i Dempfies^ 6 MolyeSj 
and Mac CoghlinSj lie fit for Correfpondency among 
themfelves, as alfo with the Garrifon at the u^n^ 
naly. AUb all thefe of the South and North, lie 
aptly placed to anfwer one another upon Occafion 
of Service, and arc in Number, thofe of the South, 
Foot HOG, Horfe up* Thofe of the North, 
Foot 1 100, Horfe 100. 

Both of the South and North, Foot zzoo, 
Horfe lip. 

Total, adding the Forces abovefaid drawn out 
of Munfter^ and thofe being in Connaugbt^ (name- 
ly Foot 21 fo, Hoife 124.) Makes Foot 43^0, 
Horfe 343. 

The Lord Deputy's Forces follow, wherewith 
h^ purppfed to build a Fort at the Moyry ^ andput 
Men into it to keep that Pace. To plant a Crar- 
rifon in Lecale of f 00 Foot and f o Horfe. To 
ive Sir Arthur Chichefter^ the Governor of 
'mckfergus^ two Companies for his better Strength: 
To plant a Garrifon at Armagh^ and another at the 
old Fort of BlackwateTj and a little loopc Sconce 

between 






140 MoRTSON^j Hifiory BookIL 

between them both. To fee great Store of Hay 
made in time of thcY extztjltmagbj and zt Mount'' 
Norris^ for feeding of Horfc^ there in the Winter 
following. To lie all the Summer clofe upon 
Tyrone J ^ftroying the new Com, andfpoiling the 
Country, and fo to £u:ilitate the planting ot Ba^ 
hjhannon^ and perhaps to pafs into Tyrone's Country, 
the Garnfons of Knockfergus^ Lecaile^ and Lougb- 
foyUj entering at the fame time on all Hands, and 
there ordered to meet him, and to draw towards 
Winter to Atblone in Connaugbt. 

The Lord Deputy^ 5 [aid Forces. 

The Lord Deputy ioo, The Marlhal ifo. Sir 
Oliver Lambert i f o. Sir Chrijlopher St. Laurence 
ifo. Sir Francis Stafford zoo ^ Sir Oliver St. Johns 
200, Sir Henry Folliot ifo, Capt. fPlUiams ifo, 
Sir^^^i^j Fitzpierce ifo, Sir fFilliam Forte/qne 
100, Sir Garret Moore 100, Capt. dRetlly 100, 
Captain Edward Blaney ifo. Captain Jojias Bodiey 
iro. Sir Henry Davers ij'o, Captain Ghefi lyo, 
Cz^tsxaRoe 100, Captain -Mf/?^r/i» 100, Captain 
Rotheram ifo. Foot 2,7fo. Lord Deputy 100, 
Sir Henry Davers 100^ Sir Oliver Lambert 2f, Sir 
Garret More if. Sir Chrijiopber St, Laurence if, 
Captain Darcy 1 f . Horfe 300. 

The Companies intended to be left in the Garri- 
fon to be planted this Summer at LecaiJe. 

Sir RicbardMoryfon the Gay crnor I yo^ Captain 
Caufield ifo. Captain ftrever 100, Captain C9i^«- 
Ueioo^ Foot foo. Six Samuel Bagnolfo Horfe. 

The Garrifon thien being at Knockfergus. 

Sir Arthur Cbicbefter the Governor 200, Sir 
Faulke Conway ifo. Captain £g^/tf» 100, Captain 
Norton 100 J Cz'pxsia Billings 100, Captain Pi&f/p/f 
100. Foot7fo. 

Six Arthur Cbichefier ay, Captain John Jephfrn 
100* Horfe I ar. 

Thcfc 



chap; I. aflK^LAHD. Ml 

ThefetwoGarrifoiis of Lec/tik and Knockfergus^ 
might meet upon all Occafiops^ and fp by the inr 
tended Plantation of Lecaile^ the Garrifon of Knocks 
fergus was thought as much ftrcngthencd, as if thof© 
Companies lay there. 

Lying prelently in Garrifon at the Nev)ry^ upon a 

Ulfter Borders, Sir Samuel Bagnol ifo Foot, Sit '' 

Francis Stafford f o Horfe. 

Lying at the Fort of Mount Nfrr is ^ Captain ^- 
derton if o Fort. 

Thefe two Garrifons, and the two intended at 
Blackwater and Armagh^ to be under one Governor, 
and to have correfpondency as one Garrifon. 

The Garrifons at Loughfoyk to be drawn forth 
into the Field. 

At the Derry^ in Lift. 

Sir /f^/^ry I>{>^/fewr^ the Governor loo, Captain 
Digges loo^ Captain /i^////i ifo, Captain X^^ioo^ 
Captain Oram loo, Captain Brooks loo, Captain 
Orrel i oo, Foot Syo, whereof to be drawn into 
the Field tfyo. ^ 

At the LyfFer. 

Captain Coach i oo. Captain Morgan i fo, Cap* 
tain PFinfore lOO, Captain Dutton loo, Captain 
Goare ifo, Captain Pi^w^r ioo,GaptainiJ^;?rf I00| 
Foot 800. For the Field f fo . 

At Dunalong. 

Sir John Bolles ifo. Captain i7(?yi if 0, Captain 
Sadby i f o, Captain Sidley 100, Captain Baffet 100. 
Foot 6 f o . For the Field 400 . 

At Kilmore^ Captain Alford 1 00 . For the Field 
3f. At Newtown^ Captain uf/*/»/i» too. For the f 
Field 40 . At Romolyon^ Captain Bingky i f p . At 
Culmeratj Captain f^aughan 100. At the Cargan^ 
Czpuin Stafford^ 100. At Anny^ Captain Sidney 
100. Footdfo, For the Field 7f. 

Total in Lift 3000 . For the Field 1 67f . 

VoL.L 0* Thus 



14* MoRTSoiff Bifiory Book II. 

ThuJ at LougbfoyJe with thefe EngUfi Foot, and 
loo EngUJb Horfe, together with f oo Irifi Foot, 
and ICO Irijh Horfc, and the help of the Submit- 
tics, efpccially of Neal Garve^ and of Cormock S 
Neal. It was thought that Sir Henry Dockwra 
knight plant an intended Garrifon at Ballijbannonj as 
by his own offer he had projected in England^ and 
befides keeping his own, might alfo draw out fuffi- 
cient Forces to iheet the Lord Deputy in the Heart 
of Tyrone^ if the Projed of planting Ballijbanmon 
could take fuch effe6t as was hoped. • To the fiir- 
thci-ance whereof I did at this time, upon his 
Lordfhip's Command, divife a Cipher, to pats be- 
tween his Lordfhip and the Governors oi Lougbfoyk^ 
Knockfergus^ and Lecaile^ to the end, that if the 
Rebels ihould light upon any their Letters, con- 
triving this meeting or other Service, yet they 
might not be able to difcover any their fecret Pur- 
pole, efpecially lince they were fo ignorant, as 
they could not attain the deciphenng of thofe Cha- 
radters, or any like, though far more eafy: And 
this Cipher was prefently lent to the above-named 
Governors. 

His Lordfliip further refolved in Council to write 
to the Lords in England^ to have 6000 of the train- 
ed Bands in readinds, to be lent over prefently upon 
thefufpefted Invafion of Foreign Powers, and to 
have a Magazine of Viftiiak, and Munition at £i»- 
rick^ as well to anfwer the Service in Mmnfter^ if 
they ihould make Defcent in thofe Parts (being moft 
likely) as to be drawn thence to Gallway^ in cafe 
no fuch Invafion were made, there to aiiiwer the 
Profccution of the Connaught Rebels, intended the 
Winter following. 

AH things thus projcftcd for the following Pro- 
fecution of this War, his Lordihip on thczzd.of 
May^ began his intended Journey above-mentioned, 
from Dublin^ andthe23d. cameto7r^/i^^i&, and the 
If thlo Dundalk^ where his Lordihip lay, till they 

dif^eried 



Chap.L ^/IRELAND. 243 

difperfed Companies could be drawn thither^ and 
Vidtuals brought. Here he compoled all Contro- 
veriies between the late Submitties, and fettled a 
Correfpondency between them, as well to make 
them concur in the Pefenec one of another^ as al- 
fo in the Defence of the Pale. Here his Lordfhip 
received the 28 th of May^ Letters from the Lords 
in England^ requiring that no Captain Ihould fup- 
ply his Company v^ith Pafs-volants at pleafure^ but 
only with fuch Men as ihouldbe fent out of England 
for Supplies. That the Captains refufing'^tofliew 
their Companies when they were required by the 
Commiflaries of the Mufters, fliould be checked 
two Months Pay. That fuch Pcnfioners fhould be 
checked as without fpecial Licence, fhould be ab- 
fent from any Service. And that fpeciai Care ihould 
be had to puniihand prevent fuch Soldiers, as dif- 
miflcd by their Captains Pafles, or running away 
from their Colours, did duly return into jE»^/^»^. 

The ipth of May J upon the Interceflion of the 
Lord Prefident by his Letters, (according to the 
courfe held by Dire6lions out of England)^ the 
Lord Deputy granted his Wai-rant for drawing of 
her Majefty's Pax'don to Cnocher 6 Mulrian^ a Mun- 
fter Rebel, chief of his Sept (or name), and 85 
Folio wersj as well Men as Women and Children 
of that Sept. The fecond of June it was refolved 
in Council, that Letters fhould be ^written to the 
Lord Prefident of Munfier^ requiring him to draw 
the Forces under him towards Jt/«^r/Vifc, and in thofc 
Parts to imploy them mpfl part of the following 
Summer, as well ready to attend the Defcent of any 
Foreign Enemy, as fitly laid to give Countenance 
to the Profecution of the Rebels in Connaught^ 
whether the faidLord Prefident was to be further 
dire&ed, to fend 1 000 Foot and fo Horfe, (accord- 
ing to the above-mentioned . Projeft), to the end 
that the Rebels being profecute4 in that Province, 
might have no leifure to join with thofe of the 



144 M6vi^so}fs Hiftory Book IL 

North, for difturbing the planting of a Garrifoa 
at Ballijhannon^ which Sir Henry Dockwra vr^ to 
Hant from the Way of Loughfoyk. The f th of 
fune the Lord Prefident advertifed that warning had 
»een given to thofe of Munfter^ for the fending of 
their Men to the general hoafting above-mention- 
ed, * which the Lord Deputy had appointed to meet 
(according to the old Cultoni) at the Hill of 2ir- 
rogh^ but that he feared the Scarcity of Vifhials 
and want of Furniture, would either hinder their 
full Appearance, or make them of fmall ufe to the 
Service. The iSxth Day upon the Lord Prefident'i 
Letters, Warrant was given for a Charter of Par- 
don without Fine, to be granted to i j^i Inhabi- 
tans about Moghely in the County of C^rkj as well 
Men as Women and Children, for Life, Laods, and 
Goods. And the like was granted to OJwiliivaM 
More of that Province with 48 1 Followers. 

The 8th of 7^;^ being Monday j the Lord Depu- 
ty drew the Forces out of Dundalk^ and marcned 
two Miles to the Hill of Fagher^ near the Pace of 
the Moyry^ where he encamped. And while he by 
there, his Lordihip caufed a Fort to be built in the 
faid Pace, at the } Mile Water, not rifing frrai 
thence till he had made this Fort defenfible, foas 
leaving fome' Warders in it, the Workmen might 
in hisabfencc finifh the Building. The 1 3 th of June^ 
in the Camp at x\MtFagher^ his Lordihip publiihed 
the Proclamation of the new Coin, all other Mo- 
nies having been decried three Daysbefore. And 
by hisLordfhip'sDireftion likeProclamations prin- 
ted at Dublin^ and thence formerly fent to L^ngb- 
foyie and Knockfergus^ and into the Provinces of 
Connaughtzxid Mmfter^ wereat thefametimcpub- 
lifliedtogetherinallPlaces. The 14th, inthe£une 
Camp, his Lordfliip and the Counfellors theit^ 
wrote the following Letter to the Lords in Eng* 
land. 



IT 



Chap.I. 0/ IRELAND. 24; 

• 

IT may pleafe your moft honourable Lordfliips, 
perceiving by your Lordfhips Letters of the 
1 8th of May^ that the Viftuals expeded to anfwcr 
our Purpofe of planting J^allyjhannon by Connaughtj 
could not arrive in fuch Quantity nor Time, as 
might enable us to proceed in that Journey j and 
receiving fome Arguments of your Lordfhips In- 
clination to Sir Henry Dockwra his Offer to plant 
that Garrifon from Lough foyle^ we jgrew into a new 
Confultation, in what lort to make the War this 
Summer. Firft, it was propounded with the Ar- 
my to march by Lecaile and thofe Parts into Col* 
rane^ the End whereof fhould have been to have 
brought in Subje£tion all the Woodmen, and ut- 
terly taken from Tyrone all that Part of Ulfter be- 
tween Colrane and Lougbfidney to the Blackwater^ 
from whence heretofore the Traitor hath gather- 
ed his grcatefl Strength. The PafTages being not 
very dangerous, and wc having the Commodity 
oF the Sea to fupply us, wc fhould have made the 
War that Way to great purpofe, and with good 
Conveniency, and perhaps might have fallen over 
the Bann into Tyrone j all other Ways being of cx- 
tream Danger, to enter into that Country, except 
that one by Loughfoyle. The chief Difficulty that 
did arifeagainfl this Projcft, was the Danger whercr 
in we fhould leave all things behind us, if the^S^^- 
niard Ihould land, when we had carried the chief 
Force of the Kingdom into the uttermofl Corner 
thereof: and the next was, that we being not able 
to leave any great Guard for the Pale, fhould have , 
left it naked to any Attempt of Tyrone^ and the 
new reclaimed Rebels to the Mercy of him, as the 
Pale to the Mercy of both : But in the End we 
grew to this Reiolution. Firfl, in the interim, 
between this and the Appointment of the general 
hoafling, (by the which we fhould be fupplied 
with Carriages, and about which time we expe£t 

Q^ 3 Viduals 



1^6 Moryson'i Hiftory BookIL 

Viduals and Munition out of ^ngland^ of the 
firft whereof we are more fparingly provided than 
inay warrant the ingaging our felvcs into any great 
Bufinefs, and of the fecond fo utterly unfurmfhed, 
as we fcarce have Po wderto maintain a good Day's 
Fight, nor Tools, nor other Provilionsto fortiry, 
which mull be our chief Work, as we carry the 
Rebels before us to dwell by them,) we determine 
to aflure the Paflage of the Moyry^ then to plant a 
Garrifon at Lecaile^ and to convey fome more Men 
to Sir Arthur Chicb^Jier^ Governor of Carrickfer* 
guSj (who with that Garrifon and thofe Supplies, 
togetl^cr with the Advantage? that our ftirring in 
all other Peaces will give him, may go near to work 
jittle lefs Effect, than we with the yhole Army 
ihould have 4one : ) and laflly, we purpofe to lie 
with the Forces as near Tyrone as we can. A/ter 
when Victuals and Munition ihould be arrived, 
(which we hope to receive by the laft of June^ 
being the time appointed for the general hoafnng,) 
we purpofe (God willing) as near as we can to im- 
ploy hi^r Majefty's Forces according to the inclofed 
Projeft : (This Proje£t I have formerly fet down.) 
With the Particularities of Sir Henry Dochwra his 
Purpofe to ^hxiiB ally fi anno n^ (fent by 02,^1. f^augban 
to yoijr Lordfliips) we are not acquainted, only 
Mafter Treafurer hath told us of fuch a Propor- 
tion in general. But we doubt not, that withal 
he hath propounded to your Lordihips for fuch 
Means to accomplifh his Work, as muft be fupplicd 
from thence. For from us he can receive little 
other Afliftance, than our imploying the whole 
Forces according to the inclofed Projeft, which 
in every Part is done as much as may be for his 
Advantage, neither (which is worfe) can we eafily 
have any Intelligence from him, or often hear one 
from another. But if we perceive that he fhall 
find any Impqflibility to plant Ballyjhannon^ we 
think \o advife him, with the whole Grofs of his 

Strength 



Chap.I. of IRELAND. 247 

Strength to fall into Tyrone^ about fuch time as 
we ihall be at Blackivater^ whereby it may fell out, 
that we ihall (with the help of God) meet at Dun-' 
gannon^ and utterly wafte all the Country of Tyrone^ 
unto tne which Courfe if we be driven, we muft 
refolve to make the War this following Winter 
in Connaughfj (firil leaving the Northern Border 
in good Strength^) which we hope will reduce 
that Province, and ruin 6 Donnehj tor if we keep 
him out of Conmugbty he cannot long fub{ifl:,and 
fo we hope, for the continual AiTurance of that 
Province, to plant the next Year at Ballyjbannon 
with Facility. But if the planting of fo many 
Garrifons do feem, by continuing the Greatnefs of 
the Army, to draw on too long her MajeftvV 
Charge, we do firft think, that to recover tnis 
Kingdom, and to preferve it from being hereafter 
chargeable, it will be necciTary, that Ballyjbannon^ 
Lougbfoyle J (omc Garrifons on the Bann^ Lecaikj 
Mount" Norr is ^ Armagh^ Blackwater -, and fome 
other Places, be continually kept, all which 
Places may be ever viftualled by Sea, or they be-' 
ing near together, without anv dangerous PaiTage 
between them by Land, may oe victualled by Sea 
and Land, without any further Force than their 
own. And if there be in every Fort fome little 
Keep (or Tower) of Stone built, thenas the Wars 
decreafe, or Occafion ihall ferve, the Places may 
be guarded with a few Men, and fo continue Bri*. 
dies in Peace, and fit Places to put in more Men 
to great Purpofe, when the Rebellion ihall at any ^ 
time break out. Neither need thefe little CalHcs 
he Works of any great Charge, for they may be 
eaiily made fuch, as this People will hardly force 
them. To proceed in our Projeft of this Sum- 
mer Service. The Victuals already contraded for, 
muil arrive in due time, and youp Lordfhips fup- 
ply us with good Quantities hereafter. For our 
only Way to ruin the Rebels, muil be to make all 

Q^ 4 pofliblc 



248 Morvson'^ Hifiory BookIL 

pofliblc waftc of the Means for Life, which done, 
}f we be not rupplied out of England^ we ihall as 
well llarvc our lelves as them ; but efpecially where 
we mult make the War, which is far from the 
Relief of any Friend, and where nothing; is to bo 
gotten from the Enemy, except it be by great 
Chance, fince what is in their Countries, they 
will lightly either hide, or fpoil, or convey toin- 
acceflable Faftnefles. And becaufe the greatcft 
Service here is to be done by long and fudden 
Journics, which cannot be done without Visual, 
and no Viftual but Cheefe well carried by the 
Soldier, without Garrons (or Carriage Jades) wc 
muft humbly defirc your Lordihips to fend us fomc 
great Quantities or Cheefe. In the Provifion 
^hereof whatfoever Inconveniencies your Lord- 
^ips (hall find, we afltire you they will be ten 
^imes countervailed in the Service.' Ltftly, be* 
caufe the Army is already weak of Englifi^ apd 
this Journey (without the extraordinary Favour 
of God) muft needs diminifh them much, as well 
by the Sword as Sicknei's, we moft humbly and 
carjieftly defire your Lordfhips as foon as conve? 
niently may be, to fend us 1 000 Shot to Carlit§g'' 
ford (or Supplies, that at our return, we may both 
ftrengthen tnofc Englijh Companies, which we 
inean to leave behind us in the North, and fuch 
as we carry with us for the Winter Service. The 
•time will be exceeding fit for their arrival j for 
befides the Succour we may receive from them, if 
we grow very weak at our return, they will come 
over well cloathed againft the Winter, and miy 
have time to reft, and to be feafoned till Chriftma^^ 
(till when in thefe Wars it is the moft unaftivePart 
of the Year,) and then may be im^ployed till the 
End of May (which is the only Scafon to plague 
ibefc Rebels,) and when tlie Summer is paft (where- 
in thofe Rogues revive and live like flies) then our 
Garrifons being well planted, and the Army ftreng- 

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Chap, I, €f IRELAND. 149 

thencd with£«g///&, wemay begin to caft the /ri/^ 
Companies, and to cl^r the Englifi Companies of 
them. For they muft continue gdod Subjefts, or 
ftarve if they go out, and have the Queen's Sword 
hang over tiiem, wherrfocver they go. In the 
mean time we think them neceffarily entertained, 
for we take fo many Men from the Rebels, ana 
by them givo unto our felves Facility to plant the 
Foundation of their own Ruin, and ooth with us 
and againft us to wafte them by themfclves. For 
if we fhould not entertain them, they would lie 
upon fome Country of the Subjeft, and except it 
were defended by as many as themiclvcs, they would 
wafte and live upon it, fo that in effe£t the vciy 
Numbers entertained would grow all to one rec- 
koninjg. And for a more particular Inftance of the 
Beneht that enfueth the entertaining thefe Irifi^ 
we think we can give your Lordihips an Account of 
above i oo that have this Year been killed with the 
Bullet, fighting on our Side, who were formerly 
Rd)els (for of fuch we fpeak) and queftionlds 
would have been fo again, if thev had lived,^ and 
fliould have been put out to the Queca*s Pay. Wc 
humbly defire your Lordfhips to make a favourable 
Conftru&ion both of our Counfels, and the Suc- 
cefles, fincc thofe Grounds whereupon we do now 
juftly build our Refolution, may by their Altera- 
lion give us Juft Caufe to alter our Courfe, and 
the want of fuch Means, either in Matter or Time 
as we exped:, may utterly hinder it. And that 
more efpetially, in cafe any foreign Succours do 
arrive. For then the whole Frame of this our 
Proje6t is broken, and wc muft be prefently re*- 
lievcd out of England^ or elfc we with this King- 
dom ihall fufFer much Hazaid. And becaufe your 
Lordihips in your laft Letters, gave us fome Light, 
that it mi^ht be, and leave to inform you, what 
Likelihood we could here receive, that it would be,'- 
we have firft the Intelligence which we fend your 

Lordmips^ 



zjQ Moryson'5 Hifiory BookIL 

Lordfhips, with many otherReports. Next we 
have a conftant and of late an extraordinary con- 
ceived Confiderice in this People. And laftly, we 
{'udge what a wife and a powerful Enemy willdo^ 
>y that which* is bell and eafy for him to do. So 
95 we have many Reafons to think, that Spain will 
fend them Helps this Year, and few to think other- 
wife, fave that he hath fo often deceived their £x- 
pe&ations. For if the Malice of Spain continue 
to England^ they have an eafy and dangerous Step 
thereto by Ireland \ and if they do not embrace 
the Occahon of this Year, there is no doubt but 
the next will for ever loofe it unto them. Now 
becaufe it mud: pleafe vour Lordfhips to proper* 
tion our Succours to tne Force we are likely to be 
ofiended with, and that from us you will expe& 
our own Efbites i it may pleafe your Lordfhips to 
confider, that the Power of this Kingdom con* 
fifteth of her Majefly's Englijb Army.j of fuch 
Irijb as are here in Companies by themfelves, or 
in Englijb Companies to ferve as Mercenaries, of 
the Nobility, Towns, and inbred People of this 
Nation, which live as Subje£ts \ and lauly of fuch 
meer Irijh Lords and their People, as were lately 
reclaimed, or flill remain in Rebellion. The £sg- 
UJb are few and far difpcried, the IriJh that fcrvc 
with us exceeding mercenary, and therefore like- 
ly to follow their golden Hopes of Spain j the 
Nobility, Towns, and People, are of foobftinatc 
a Contrariety in Religion, that without Queflion 
they are grown malicious to the Government, and 
afFe£t, under theProte&ionof the Power of 4S'^w^ 
to declare themfelves : The IriJb Lords with us, 
have the fame Motives as they againft us, in their 
hft Neceffity to joiawith Spain. And all thefe, 
cfpecially the Towns, are more flirrcd on by this 
new Coin (which though, if the Aid of Spain do 
not arrive, may fecurely be eftablifhed, yet if it 
do, it will breed many dangerous Inconveniencies.) 

It 



Chap.I. of IRELAND. iji 

It may therefore pleafc her Majefty, to have in a 
Readinefs 6000 ot the trained Bands of fuch Coun- 
tries, ferving beft for tranfporting into Ireland^ 
to be fcnt over into Munfter upon the firft Notice 
of- any foreign Power to be arrived there, and fomc 
Part of her Navy in a Readinefs, with a greater 
Portion of Munition and Artillery for us, than 
othcrwifc this War would require. We do hope 
to give her Majefty a very good Account of her 
Kingdom and of our felves,until weihallhave Caufe 
to (ue for more Relief. And if it muft needs fall 
out, that Spain will have war with England^ WC 
(hall be glad that the War of England mzy be made 
in Ireland J and that we her poor Servants ihall have 
the Happinefs to ftrike the firft Blows for both her 
Royal Kingdoms, the which the eternal God pre*- 
ferve long unto her, and her unto th^m and us. 

The fame 14th Day, from the faid Camp at the 
Fagbefy his Loidfhip wrote to Sir Henry Dockwra^ 
Governor of Loughfeyle^ firft touching his Lord* 
ihips Purpofes ^ That the general Hoaftin^ being 

thelaftof 7^^^9 his Lordihiporefumed within i(f 
Days after, to be provided of all means to put all the 
Forces in A£kion, according to their Diftribution 
(the Projeft whereof hefent to him inclofed), and 
to be himfelf as high as. ^rmagb^ with fuch a Power, 
^Tyrone fhould have good reafonto think, that he 
would do fome what more, and in the mean time he 
would (God willing) keep the Field as near Tyrone ^ 
as his meads would give him leave. So as his Lord* 
ihip having planted at Armagh and Blackwater^ ho- 
ped either by lying there to facilitate his planting 
of BalUfiannon from Loughfoyle^ or to break into 
l^'^^^^, and meet him there. Andif Tyrone^ sA^rmy 
ihould break, as his Lordfhip expefted, he thought 
to find no great Difficulty hei*ein,but otherwife held 
the PafTage to Dungannon not to be ventured that 
way. But touching the planting at BaUiJhannenj 

that 



iji MoRYSOif^ Hffiory Book 11^ 

that Sir Henry Dockwra fhould not build upon any 
Supplies from his Lordfhip, of Vi£l:ual% Muniti- 
on, or Tools : For Artillcrv that he might ufc 
that he had at Lougbfoyle^ and either b Aug it back 
bv Water or be after fupplied thereof from Dublin. 
For Munition, Tools, and like NecefTaries, that 
his Lordfhip could fpare none, and if he could, yet 
had no {pecdy means to fend them. For intelligence, 
that he had lent him a Cipher, which he might ufc 
(ifely in writing to his Lordihip, not caring how 
the MeiTen^s fped, Co the Letters were not un- 
derftood. That he had (ent the like Cipher to Sir 
Arthur Cbicbefter at Knockfergus^ with whom he 
ihould have often Intelligence, and might that way 
write mod fafely to his Lordihip. That when he 
knew his own means, and by his Lordihip's Pro- 
je£lt, {hould find him in readinds to anfwer his at* 
tempts, he fhould chufe his owb time for planting 
BAlliJbaimon^ and as near as he could, fend his Loro- 
fhip certain notice of the time, and ufe all poffible 
Expedition. But if he could not plant theie for 
any want or difficulty, that then he fhould agree 
iffixh ^ir Arthur Chichefier^ that they might both 
at one time break into Tyrone j where his Lordfhip, 
up(m notice given him, would meet them, in which 
Journey, beiides all other Effefts of War, they 
fhould burn all the Dwellings, and deitroy the Corn 
on the Ground, which might be done by encamor 
inguponit, and cutting it down with Swords, and 
other ways, holding it oefl they fhould fpoil all the 
Con), except that which he could gather, where- 
in he fhould not regard the DifTwafion of the Irijb 
Submitties in his Camp. 

The fame 14th Day we diflodged from theF^^^-* 
her^ and leaving the Moyry Fort defenfible, with 
Warders to guard it, and the Workmen, being to 
build a Tower or Keep of Stone, we marched 8 
Miles, and encamped at C^r/V/d^^;!^, a little beyond 
the Newry. The ifth his Lordfhip rofe, and 

marching 



Chap.L of I R EX AN D. 153 

marching (bme i f Mile's, encamped m Euagh the 
Country of Mac Gennis. The late Rebels near 
Dundaik being all fubmitted, hisLordihip had drawn 
Sir Richard Moryfon with his Regiment from that 
Government, purpoiing to place him in Lecaiky 
nearer to the Enemy. And intending to march 
thither with the Army the next Day, left the Re- 
bels ihould have Leifure to burn the Courftij, and 
carry away the Prey, hisLordfhip fent Sir Richard 
^<?ryyi» this Evening with fix Companies of Foot, 
and one of Horle, to march all Night into Lecaiky 
who coming fuddenly on the Rebels, took all the 
Prey, zndint^kingof Down Patrick^ the Bifhop's 
Seat) one of the Bradies was taken, and his Head 
cutoff, the reft yielding to Mercy there, and in all 
adjoining Places. Here his Lordftiip was adverti- 
fed from the Secretary of Ireland^ that the News of 
the Spanijh Invafion this Summer was feconded 
from divers, coming from Cales. The i6th Day 
his Lord/hip marched with the Army(through hign 
Mountains and Woods, and fome dangerous Paces) 
7 Miles to the B/ackftaffRivery near a ftrong Caftle, 
called Dundromy lying on the North Side of the 
Paces, where the plain Country opens into Lecaiky 
being an Iflandeompaflfed on the Weft fide with this 
River, and on the three other fides with the Sea, 
and two fmall arms thereof; This Night his Lord- 
ihip with fome Horfepaflfed the B lackfiaff EndgCy 
and rode three Miles into Lecaiky to view the 
Country. In the way Phelim mac Ever fubmitted 
himfeli^ and yielded to the Queen his Caftle of 
Dundrem. Alfo >Wi«^ Ci^r^jK Submitted himfelf, and 
drew his Creaghts (or Cattle, Servants and Goods) 
into Lecaik. His Lordftiip returned to the Camp, 
and the next Day rode to Down Patricky and thence 
bySt.P^fr/V*'sWelltoyfr^/4|/J,beingfix Miles, in 
which Town two Caftles yielded to the Queen, and 
the Warders upon their Lives faved, gave up their 
Arms* A third Caftle there had been held for the 

Queen 




If 4 M6RtsoN'f Hifioty Book IL 

Queen all the time of the RebeUion^ by one J-ar'- 
dantj never coming out of the fame for three Years 
pall, till now by his Lordlhip's coming he was 
frced^ and to him was given a Reward from the 
Queen by Concordatum, befides his Lordihip's 
Bounty of his private Purfe. After Dinner his 
Lordihip rode two Miles to RuffePs I'own^ and four 
Miles to the Camp at Bla:kflaff. The i8th Day 
Mac Rory^ Captain of Kilwarde^ adjoining, was 
received to the Queen's Mercy upon his Submiifion. 
And Sir Arthur Cbicbefter^ Governor of Kmckfer" 
guSj all this Day expe6ted, came in the Evenings 
to whom his Lordfhip that Night imparted his 
Defigns in the prefent Service, and to the fame ef* 
fcft lent a Packet by him to Sir Hemy Dockfwra^ 
Governor of Lougbfoyle ^ and to them both, as al- 
foto Sir Richard Mtnryfon being to be left Governor 
of Lecailfj his Lordfhip gave Proclamations to be 
publifhed for eftablifhing the above-mentioned new 
Coin. All this time Arthur Mac Gennis the chief of 
his Name, and Edmund Boy Mac Gennis his Uncle, 
made means to be received to her Majcfty*s Mercy^ 
but could not obtain the favour, without firfk do- 
ing fomc Service. This Day his Lordihip and the 
Council (following the Army) gave }o /• by Con- 
cordatum to Phelimy Ever Mac Gennis for fome fpe* 
cial Services 5 and Balinthor a ftrong Caftle was 
taken by our Men, with divers Cov/s and other 
Goods, fix of the Ward being killed, and the reft 
fwimming away. 

His Lordihip having placed Sir Richard Moryfon 
(with f 00 Foot, and fo Horfe under his Command) 
to govein Lecaile (which had their Refidency at 
Dawn)^ did march back on the ipth Day 1 1 Mile, 
to f Mile Church, near the Newry^ pailing one 
Pace exceeding ftrong by Nature, and pUihed with 
Trees, which lay at the end of the Plains of Le* 
caile^ and Entrance into the woody Mountains, 
And before the Entry of this Pace, Sir Arthur 

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Chap.I. <?/ IRELAND. lyy 

Cbichtfter having received loo Foot to ftrengthen 
his Garrifon, returned back to Knbckfergus. The 
zoth Day his Lordfhip marched with his Forces 5 
Miles to Carickbane^ lying Northward of the iVifw- 
This Day Sir Henry VaverslyingztAiountNorriSy 
advertifed his Lordfhip, that uyrone lying in a faft- 
nefs, and his Men never venturing upon the Plain, 
the Soldiers left under his Command there, could not 
in all this time get any occafion to fight with him, 
whereof they mewed great Defire, only the Horfe 
often {hewing themfelves upon the Hills, had kept 
him beyond Armagh^ where he with his Creaghts 
lay, feeding fomc thoufands of Cows. Whereup- 
on becaufe his Lordfhip defired to prefcrve the Grafs 
near Armagh for his Horfe Troops, as alfo to make 
ftore of Hay there for the Winter following. He 
fent Sir William Godolphin with his Lordfhip's 
Troop of Horfe under his Command, to fecond the 
Forces at Mount Norris^ in attempting fome Ser- 
vice upon Tyrone^ meaning to draw prefently his 
whole .Forces thither. But in the mean time Sir 
Francis Staff erd^h Lieutenant of his Horfe, fent by 
Sir Henry Davers to fpy the Rebels Proceedings, 
had pafTed to the view of Armagh^ and found that 
Tyrone had fent back all his Cows, upon the hearing 
of his Lordfhip's Return out of Lecaile. For 
which caufe, and upon Notice that Tyrone had ta* 
IcenaDay'sVi&ualsforhisMen, as if he meant to 
attempt fomething, his Lordfhip recalled Sir Wil- 
Ham Godolphin with his Troop. The 21ft Day his 
Lordfhip lay ilill, m regard that, for Difficulty of 
etting Garrons (that is Carriage Jades), or by fomc 
•legligenee, Viftuals were not (acconling to his 
former Directions) put into Mount NorriSy to 
which Place he purpofed to draw with his Forces. 
This Day three Days Bcead came to his Lordfliip*s 
Forccs,whichinfleadof other Victuals lived ixpon 
Beeves. Aad hisLordihip writ to Sir Henry DaverSy 



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1^6 Moryson'^ Hifiory Bookll^ 

that according to his daily ufc of late Days, he 
fhould the next Morning early draw the Forces of 
Mount N orris ^ tovnvds yirmagb^ and fhould on the 
fudden poflcfs the Abbey there, and the Town, 
whether his Lordlhip would alio draw the Army 
prefently for his fecond. 

The lid. Day, his Lordfhip having, by extraor- 
dinary pay above the Queen's Price, gotten Garrons, 
and carrying Viftuals with him for Mount NorriSj 
and for t ne Garrifon he intended to plant at Armagh^ 
marched fix Miles near to Mount Norris^ where Sir 
Henry Davers with that Garrifon met him, having 
not been able, forfome Difficulties, to execute his 
Lordfhip's former Direftions. From thence his 
Lordfhip (taking with him the faid Ganifon) 
marched forward (even Miles, and that Night en- 
camped a little beyond Armagh^ where fome few 
Rebels fhewed themfelves oraggingly, but at- 
tempted nothing. His Lotdflitp before his return 
from Lecaik^ was purpofed to leave fuch Forces at 
Mount NorriSj as might plant the Garrifon at Ar* 
magh when they found Opportunity : But left they 
fhould have been hindred by a greater Force, his 
Lordfhip rather than to return towards the Pale (for 
the attending thereof the general Hoafting, where 
his Army fhould have fpent the fame Viffcuals it now 
did) was refolved himfelf in Perfon to plant it, 
imagining that T*yrone^ not looking for him till the 
general hoafting, would not have his whole Forces 
with him, norby thatReafon, and an Opinion and 
Fear that his Lordfhip intended to march further in- 
to Tyrone^ would have any mind to follow his Lord- 
fhip, or hinder his Retreat when he fhould have 
weakened his Forces by that Plantation. There- 
fore the ijd. Day his Lordfhip making a fhew'to 
draw from his Camp beyond Armagh towards Black- 
"wateTy caufed his Forces to make a Stand for his 
Retreat, and fo himfelf with his Followers and 
Servants rode more than a Mile forward^ to view 

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Ch^p.L ^IRELAND. 2j/ 

the way to Blackwater Eoit, and the Place of the 
famous Blackwater Defeat, under the MarihalJS^^- 
nol's Conduft, and having paflfed a pace without 
one fhot made at his Troop, he returned to his 
Forces, and marching back, he left a Garrifon of 
7fo Foot, and loo Horfe, at the Abbey of ^r;z^^p;i&, 
under the Command of Six Henry Davers^ and that 
Night marched with the reft near to Mount Norris^ 
where he encamped, having in this march from Ar- 
maghy viewed the Ford, where General NorriSj 
formerly was hurt, making a Stand with his Horfe, 
tofecurehis Foot diftreflTed by 73'^(?;^'s Charge. 

The 14th, his Lordfhip leaving at Mount Mor- 
ris the Foot and Horfe of that Garrifon, marched 
himfelf with i if o Foot, and if o Horfe, fixMileSr 
to Donanury^ being two Miksfhortof the.Newry. 
This was a Hill naturally and artificially of old for- 
tified, where in regard of the weaknefs of his 
Forces he encamped, purpoiing there to attend andi 
follicit the haftning, to lend to him from the Pale, 
all the means he expeded to furnifh him for his in- 
tended Journey, to build the demolifhed Fort of* 
Blackwater, 

Here bis Lordjbip's Army was mufiered^ and was bj 

Pole. 

Captains and Officers 87. Targets t i 2. Pikes 
2pi . Muskets I If. Cailivers <i } f . In all i zf o. 
. Whereof befides Captains and Officers, Englijb 
fP3. /r^ the reft. Wanting Swords ipt. 

The a6th t)ay, his Lordfhip fent Viftuals to the 
Garrifons at Mount N orris and at Armagh. The 
zpth Day his Lordfhip received Advertifcment, that 
Sir Henry Daver^$ drawing out the Garrifon of Ar^ ^ 
magb into the Faftnefs, where Bryan mac Art lay 
with his Cattle, had killed divers of his Men, ta- 
ken many Horfes from him, and fpoiled much of 
his Baggage, befide^ 300 Cows which he had taken 

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from mac Gennis. And the fame Day his Lordfhip 
received the Bxaminations of certain tVaterford 
Mariners, who teflified, that being at the Gruymj 
they were prelfcd there to fcrvc the King of Spain^ 
in a fly Boat of 200 Tun carrying Bread to Usbom i 
where there was an Army oi joooMentobeihip- 
ped with Vi&uals and Munition for Ireland^ and 
there heard that 7'yrone^s Agent lay at Court, 
importuning Aid to be fent him preicntly, beins 
not able to Tubfill any longer without fpeedy Aid. 
And that the Examinates demanded if they were 
Pilots for the Irijh Coaft $ and finding they ihould 
beimploycdthat way, hadfecretlygotfhipping to 
tranfport themfelvcs into France^ and fo returned 
home. 

The 30th Day Arthur mac Gennis chief of the 
Name, terrified by thePlantationoftheGarrifon in 
Lecaile^ made humble Suit for Mercy, and obtain- 
ed her Majefty'5 Proteftion for nine Days, condi- 
tionally that he fhould come the Saturday follow- 
ing, to fubmit himfelf in Perfon to her Majefly's 
Mercy, and crave her gracious Pardon at Dundalk^ 
where his Lordihip then purpofcd to be. Axid Rary 
Oge mac Gennis^ obtained the like Protection for one 
Month. The fame Day his Lordfhip upon the 
Lord Prefidcnt of A///A//?^rhisintercefIory Letters, 
granted Warrant for her Majefty's Pardon, to be 
paflcd for 170 Artificers and Husband-men of the 
County of Kerry. The firft of July his Lordfhip 
had purpofcd to rife from Dunanury^ and to return 
himlclf to Dundalk : But he fVayed that Day, in 
refpcft the Weather was very foul, and the rather 
to counteniuicc the Convoy going with Bisket up 
to Mount Norris and Armagh, 

Hitherto his Lordfhip had kept the Field, rather 
to make Tyrone keep his Forces together, and fo to 
weaken him, than for purpofe of any other Sen'icc 
of Moment : but now hearing from Duhliny that 

the 



therifingoutforthe general hoaftingj c^tne flow^ 
ly, and not only Vi&uab were not yet arrived there^ 
but evea the Carriages and Beeves for the Army^ 
were like in great part to fail i the fecond Day of 
July hisLordfhip difperfed his Forces into the faid 
Garrifons fronting neareft upon the Rebels^ and fo 
Ixrith his Followers and Servants rode to Dundalk^ 
leading with him of his Army only three Compa- 
nies ot Foot^ and one Troop of Horfe. The third 
Day, Sir Francis Stafford Govcirndr of the Newry^ 
I^Tonght jirtbur Mac Gennis to Dundalk^ who made 
his Submiflion to her Majefty, kneeling before the 
Lord Deputy and Counfel. Then he made certain 
humble Requefts: Firft for his Pardon which wasi 
granted : Secondly, for Lands granted to his Fa-^ 
ther by Letters Pattents, which hisLordihip pro- 
mifed to confinn^excepting only the Lands ofGlafny 
Mac GentfiSj on whom he mould miake uo Impouti- 
on. That he might take in fuch Tenants as v/ould 
come from the Rebels, acquainting the Governor 
of the Newry therewith before he received tHem, 
which was granted. Fourthly, That he might 
retain and abfolutely command all his old Tenants^ 
till JlboHantide next^ which wsis granted, except-^ 
ing Glafny Mac Gennis. Fifthly^ That he might 
enjoy the Com he had fowed in Lecaile^ which oe- 
ing (owed on other Mens Lands, could not be grant- 
ed, only favourable Refpefk to him was promifed. 
Sixthly j That his People might be freed from all 
Aflrions of private wrongs in the War^ which was 

Cted upon a fine of three hundred Cows^ pre- 
y to be delivered for the Army. The fame time 
Patrick Mac Maiown^ Nephew to the chief of that 
Name^ was upon like humble Submiflion f eceived 
to her Majefty's Mercy, with Promife of his Par* 
don. 

The fifth Day the Lord Prefident and GouriCdl of 
Munfter^ by Letters defired hisLordfhip, to recal 
his Wafrant of aianial Law, given to the Lord 

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i6o Moryson"^ Hijiory Bookll. 

Burk^ as well becaufc the Lords abufed the fame, to 
draw followers to them, and to revenge their private 
Quarrels, asbecaufe the whole Province was peace- 
able, and willing to be governed by judicial Courfcs, 
and this Warrant his Lordfhip prefently recalled. 

This day Sir Oliver St. John brought Letters 
from the Lords in England^ whereby her Majefty 
gave Dirc6tion, that the Lord Deputy . fliould.pub* 
iickly to all the Army, and privately to the. chief 
CommanderSjgiveThanks from herMajefty to them, 
for the Zeal andDuty they had ihewed in herService, 
and lignify her gracious Acceptance of their En- 
deavours. The fixth Day his Lordihip flayed at 
Dundalk^ to haften the Supplies of the cenetal 
hoafting, which came inflowly, and to order the 
Irijh Forces of the fame fitly for Defence of the Pale. 
This Day Captain TTyomas Jioper^ with his Company 
of Foot, according to his Lordihip's former Di- 
rections, came from Kells^ to ferve in the Army under 
his Lordfhip. And while his Lordfhip lay here, 
News came from Armagh^ that Sir Henry Da^ 
%'ers had taken fome chier Horfcs from T^r^w'sCamp, 
and had entred Mac Carty his Country, being one of 
the greateft Faftnefl'es in /r^/^»^, and brought from 
thence a great Prey. 

His Lordfhip finding that the rifing out of the 
gencnil hoalling, would do little good in the Ar- 
my, and they being willing to undertake their own 
Defence, which at their own Peril his Lordfhip 
thought he might beft commit to their Ti-uft. The 
icvcnth of July his Lordfhip gave Order, that the 
1* orces of the general hoafting, for the Counties 
of Dublin and Lowth^ fhould lie ^iLowth under the 
Command of the Lord of Lowth^ and Mr. Garland 
of Killencoule. That thofe of Meath fhould lie at 
Kells^ under the Command of the Lord of Tremel- 
fione^ and Mr. Dillon his Deputy. That thofe of 
Weftmeath fliould be commanded by the Lord of 
Dehin^ and any Deputy his Lordfhip fhould chufe^ 

fo 



ChapJ. «/ IRELAND. i6i 

fo that his Lordih ip or his Deputy fhould always 
inPcrfonberefident withthenij and keep them to- 
gether ready to anfwcr any Service, upon pain of a 
Fine and Imprifonment, to fuch as fhould difobey. 
That thofe of Kildare^ fhould under the Earl of 
Kildare's Command, lie at jifby^ or elfewherc, at 
his Lordfhip's Difcretion : And that the Sheriff of 
the Shire command them under his Lordfhip. 

The ninth Day his Lordlhip marched from Dun* 
dalk towards the North, and gathering the Forces to 
him out of the adjoining Garrifons^encampedat La^ 
Senbur^bcjond thcNewry^vrherc he lay flill the tenth 
Day, till the Viftuals was inl^eadinete to be carried to 
jfrmagb. The eleventh Day his Lordfhip marched 
fome 4 Miles, tpanHill little beyond Mount A^c^rm, 
and thatDay hisLordfhip was advertis'd,thatSir ^r- 
thur Cbichefier had taken the fole Caftle held in thofe < 
V^nsoi Knockfergushy Brian Mac Art ^ namely the '^ 5 
fieagb^^nd that Sir Ricbard Moryfon inLecaileyhzd ta- 
ken in two Loughs (or lilands in Lakes,) being all 
the Faftnefles (or Places of Strength) whi#h thgfaid 
Brian Mac Art held there. The twelfth Day the 
Army marched early in the Morning to Armagh^ and 
there refHng fome Hours, marched again after Din- 
ner a Mile and a Half beyond Armagb^ and there up- 
oa an Hill encamped , 

The thirteenth Day of July^ the Lord Deputy 
with the Army rofe from the former Camp and 
marched one Mileand a half, to an Hill on this fide 
(namely the South-fide) of Blackwater^ where he 
made a Stand, Ty^^^^ and his Horfe and Foot, fhew- 
ing thcmfelves out of a Wood, beyond a Meadow 
on the other fide of the River, and that with Trum- 
pets and divers Colours, (fome won at the old De- 
feat of the En^lijb in thofe Parts,) and with fome 
Drums,rather tor a braggingO flentation than'othcr- 
wife, fincc they fighting like Thieves upon danger- 
ous Paffages, ufed not to appear in fuch warlike 
Manner. And from the Trenches kept by the Re- 

R 3 bels 



l6i Moryson'5 ffiftory Book II, 

bcls on the pthcr Side of the Water, fomc VoUics 
of Shot were poured upon us, which fell down 
pn every Side dead on the Groupd, by rcafon of 
the Diitance between us, and did fmallorno Hurt. 
We having a Rabinet and a Falcon, made from 
fhis Hill, iome fhot at the Rebels Troop far di» 
ftant, whereupon their Puppets Btavery fuddcnly 
vanilhed j ana according to their wonted Manner, 
they hid themfelves in the Woods. Prefcntly the 
Lord Deputy fent 300 Foot to another Hill on 
this 3ide of the River, adjoining to the ojd Fort 
lying beyond the Water, ^nd his Lordfliip rode 
to that Hill, whom many voluntary Gentlemen 
with his Servants followea. And in the Way my 
fclf and Iome others lighted in a Valley to refrefh 
our felves by wj^lking, but found an Enemy's Soil 
no Place for Recreation, for out of the Ditches 
and Furrows many Shot were made at us 1 wbcre- 
ypon we took our Horfes, one fhot dangeroufly, 
yet (God be praifed) without hurt paffing oetwccq 
my Legs,* while one of my Feet was in my Stir- 
rop, and fo we retired to the Grofs, ftanding in 
more Safety. Towards Evening we incamped up- 
on the above-mentioned Hill, at which time we 
faw fciY off by a Wood Side, Tyrone draw fome 
Horfe over to our Side of the Water, cither (as 
we imagined) to aflail Turlogh mac Henry of the 
Feivs^ lately fubmitted, and coming after us to at- 
tend the Lord Deputy in this Service, or elfe to 
confer with him and his Company: But as fooi\ 
as Sir TVilliam Godolphin^ Commander of the Lord 
D.puty's Troop of Horfe, by his Lordihip'sDi- 
reftion. made towards Tyrone^ he with his Horfe 
prefentl y retired back. That Night we made Ga- 
bions to enter the Rebels Trenches, and fent the 
Rabinet and Falcon to be planted on the other 
Hill, where our above-mentioned 300 Foot lay. 
All the Night the Rebels out of the Trenches 
ihot at ou^ Men, while they were bufy in work- 
ing. 



Chap.I. ^/IRELAND. 16^ 

ing. But the 14th Day very early at the dawning of 
the Day, upon our iirft difcharging of the laid 
great Pieces, charged with Musket Bullets, and 
after fome three VolUes of our fmall Shot, the Re- 
bels quitted their Trenches, bafely running into 
the Woods, and our 300 Men pafling the I^iver, 
under Capt. Thomas tVilliams his Command,, pof- 
feflcd the Trenches, and the old ruined Fort, with 
the Plain in which it lay, the Wood being almoft 
Musket Shot Diftance, whether the Rebels were 
fled, and had by Night carried their hurt andflain 
Men. Prcfently the Lord Deputy fent one Regi- 
ment to lye beyond the Blackwater^ upon a Hill 
where his Lordihip had made Choice to build a 
new Fort. Upon View of the Trenches made 
upon every Ford, his Lordlhip found they were 
ftrongly and artificially fortified, wondring much 
that either they fliould fo laborioufly fortity them, 
if they meant not to defend them, or fhould fo 
cowardly quit fuch flrong Places, and fo fuddcnly, 
if they had former Refolution to make them good. 
In gaining them we had fome 10 Men huit, and 
z flain, and they had greater Lofs, efpecially in 
the going off, though we could not truly know 
it. 

The If th Day. his Lordihip with a Troop of 
Horfe, and 400 Foot, drew towards Tyrone^s 
Wood, and viewed the Paces in the Sight of the 
Rebels, who ran away with their Cows, only at 
his Lordfbip's Retreat making fome few Shot at 
our Men, but hurting not one Man. In the £- 
vening, Capt. Srever^ and Capt. Conftabk with 
their Companies came to the Camp, lent thither 
from Lecaile to ftrengthen the Army, according 
to his Lordfliip's Dire£tion to Sir Richard Mor^- 
fon^ after the Country was all taken in, and Mac 
Gennis the grcatcll Neighbour Rebel had fubmit* 

ted himfelf, 

J^ 4 . The 



2^4 Moiiyson'5 Hijiary Boqkll^ 

The 1 5th Day the Lord Deputy drew out a Rc- 
;iment of Irijbj commanded by Sir Chriftopher 
U. Laurence^ andpaffing the Blackivater^ marched 
to Benburb^ the old Hbufe of Shane 6 Neal^ lying 
on the left Hand of pur Camp, at the Entrance 
of great Woods. There our Men made a Stand^ 
in a fair green Meadow, having our Camp and the 
Plains benind them, and the Wood onbothSides^ 
and before them. The Rebels drew in great Mul- 
titudes to thefe Woods. Here we in the Camp^ 
being our felves in Safety, had the Pleafurc to have 
the hill View of an hot and long Skirmiih, our 
ioofe Wings fometimcs beating pe Rebels on all 
Sides into tne Woods, and fonletimes being driven 
by them back to our Colours in the midff of the 
Meadow, (where as foon as our Hoyfc charged, 
the Rebels prefently ran back) and this Skirmifh 
continuing with Ukc Variety fome three Hburs : 
t'or the Lord Deputy, as hefaw the Numbers o^ 
the Rebels increalc, fo drew other Regiments out 
of the Camp, to fecond the Fight. So that at laft 
the Rebel nad dr^wn all his Men together, and 
we had none but the By-guards left to fafe-guar4 
the Camp, all the reft being drawn out. Do6tor 
Latwar^ the Lord Dpputy's Chaplain, not content 
to fee the Fight with us in Safety, but (as he ha^ 
formerly done) aflfefting fome Singularity of For- 
wardneiSj more than his Place required, had pafTcd 
into the Meadow where our Colours ftood, and 
there wa$ mortally wounded with a Bullet in the 
Hcad^ upon which he died the next Day. Of the 
Englijh not one more was ilain, only Czj>t.Tjbonfas 
JVilliams his Leg was broken, and two others hurt, 
but of the Irijh on our Side z6 were flain, and 
7f were hurt. And thofe Irifi being fuch as had 
been Rebels, and were like upon the leaft Difconr 
f ent to turn Rebels, and fuch as were kept in Pay 
rather to keep them from taking Part with the 
Rebels, than any Service they could do us, the 

Death 



Chap.I. (/IRELAND. z6f 

Death of thofc unpcaccable Sword-men, though 
felling on our Side, yet was rather Gain, thanLofs 
to the Common- wealth. Among the Rebels, Tyn 
rene's Secretary^ and one chief Man of the«l Ba-^ 
gan% and (as 'we credibly heard) far more than 
ioo Kerne were {lain. And left the Difoarity of 
Lofles often mentioned by me, fhould favour of 
a partial Pen, the Reader muft know, that befide$ 
the Fortune of the War turned on our fide, toge- 
ther with the Courage of the Rebels abated, and 
pur Men heartned by Succcffes, we had Plenty of 
iPo wder, and fparing not to ihoot at random, mifijht 
well kill many more of them, than they ill mr* 
niflied of Powder, and commanded to fpare it, 
could kill of ours. 

Thefe two laft Days our Pioneers had been bufied 
in fortifying and building a new Fort at Blackwaterj 
not far diftant from the old Fort, demolifhed by the 
Rebels, and for fome Days following, his Lord* 
fliip fpecially intended the Furtherance and Finifh'* 
ins of this Work, fo as many Soldiers were extras 
ordinarily hired to work therein as Pioneers. 

The ipth Day his Lordfhip wrote to the Lords 
in England^ that had not the Irijh Submittees for the 
new Coin (now current over all) fumifhed the Ar- 
my with Beeves, it had been in great Diftrefs, fincc 
the Viftuals of the new Contract were not arrived^ 
and that of the old Store confifted principally of 
fait Filh, whereof the Soldier could not feed, eipc- 
cially in Summer, befides that by long keeping it 
was of ill Condition, fo as Infeftion was feared in 
the Army, praying that in the next Contrads, the 
Soldier might be fed therewith only one Day in the 
Week. That he had in his Diredions to Sir Henry 
Dochwra^ given him Choice, either with the Coun- 
tenance of his Lordfhip's Army on this Side Tyrone^ 
to go forward with planting Ballijbannon, or con- 
curring with the Governor of Knockfergus^ to en-* 
ter into Tyrone^ where his Lordibip upon Notice 

would 



266 MoRTsoN'f If^ory Bookll, 

would meet them ; and in refpe& he fince under- 
ftood, that he wanted Tools for the Planution, 
he thought the fecond Proje£)c would rather be 
ibllowed by him. That Tyrot$€ lay with all his 
Forces to hinder his Lordfhip from paifing to 
DungMHon^ which he moft feared, and had no 
Faftncfs but only this to ftop it, fo as he doubted 
not to break in to meet Sir Henry Dockwrsj if he 
could once be aflured of his Refolution. Further, 
he befopght their Lordfhips to give Warrant for 
Allowance to the Captains for broken Arms, up* 
on bringing the old, oecaufe upon the breaking of 
Pieces, the Soldiers were turned to ferve with Pikes, 
and our Shot diminiihed daily, and the Pikes were 
increafed more than our Ufe required, the Captain 
cxcufing himielf, that upon breaking of Pieces, 
be was not able to provide other Arms than Pikes 
for his Men. Likewife he advertifed to their 
itordihips, that fince the laft Difpatch, Sir HfMrj 
J)0ckwra had taken in Ne%vt^mn^ being fome fix« 
teen Miles from Dungannon (Tyrpfte^s chief SeatJ 
on the North Side, (as he the Lord Deputy had 
planted at Blackwater^ being fome fifteen Miles 
trorn Dungannon^ on the South Side } ) and that Sir 
Hinry Dockwra had fpoiled and burned the Country 
thereabout, and had taken fome looo Cows from 
the Parts near the Lou£h of E^me. That SirJ^n 
Barkley^ Governor ot the Forces at the AtrneUy^ 
had met with TyrrePs Men, as they pafled towards 
Opbalyy (for which Purpofc tljat Garrifon was 
fpecially laid there,) and had taken from them 
aoo Cows, and killed fome of them, and had 
flopped them from troubling that Country. And 
that he the Lord Deputy with the Army h^d de- 
ftroved the Rebels Corn about Jrmagb (whereof 
he found great Abundance,) and would deftroy the 
reft, this Courfe caufing Famine, being the 
only fure Way to reduce or root out the Rebels. 
Finally, praying their J^ordfbips (as formerly) to 

fead 



chap. I. e/ I RE L A N D. ^67 

fend I ooo Shot for Supplies, the ftrengthcning of 
the Englijh being the next Way to diminiih her 
Majefty's Charge, fince the Jrijb were kept in 
Pay rather to prevent their fighting againil us, 
than for Confidence in their fighting for us. 

The fame ipth Day of July^ the Lord Deputy 
wrote to Sir Robert Cecily her Majcfly's Secretary, 
that he found upon good Confideration, that the 
Government of Connaught was not in his Difpofal, 
and therefore being loth to exceed his Commilfion, 
he would only affure him, thatasitwasrcquifite, a 
Man of Experience, and fit for the prctent Ser- 
vice, Ihould have that Government, fo he con^ 
ccived none to be fitter than Sir Oliver Lambert^ 
who had already deferved well in this Service^ and 
would (in his Opinion) be able to do her Majc* 
fty 4S good Service, as any in that Place, whom 
(if it might ftand with her Majefty's Pleafure, to 
give him Warrant,) he was dcfirous to imploy iq 
thofe Parts, fearing it would be a great Hinder* 
ancc to his intended Work, if any Ihould be put 
into that Government, who might prove unfit, or 
unable to make that War \ in which refpeft, he 
having no other End but the Advancement of her 
Majefty's Service, was bold to make it his humble 
Suit, that Sir Ohver Lambert might be placed ia 
that Government- 
While the Army lay at Blackwater to build the ' 
new Fort, his Loniftiip on the 20th of Jufy^ drew 
out two Rjegiments into the Woods, as well to 
▼icw the Paces, and provoke the Rebels, as to 
fetch fome Houfes thence, for the buildinff of our 
Fort, and to cut a Field of Com lying on the Skirt j 
of the ' Woods 'y which was all performed -, the 
Rebels on the forther Side of the Blackwater ^ on-r 
ly making a flight Skirmifh with our Mon, upon 
their Retreat on this Side the River, The iid ; 
Day, we cut all the Com by the Bog and Wood • 
Side, near our Fort^ except that wKvcVi omx \Astv 



2^8 MdRv son's Hijlory BookIL 

had Power to reap. The 23d Day Capt. Thomas 
fFllliams with his Company, being left to govern 
the new Fort (who before the Blackwater Defeat 
did valiantly defend the old Fort there, being af- 
ter dcmolij(hcd by the Rebels) his Lordfhip with 
the Army diflodged, and at our rifing, a Procla- 
mation was made, that ho wfoever Tyrone vaunted, 
chat his Pardon was offered him, and he might have 
it at pleafure, her Majefty was not only . refolved 
never to receive him to Mercy, but was pleafed 
again to renew her gracious. Offer, that whofo-* 
ever brought him alive, fhould have 1000 /. and 
ivhofoevcr brought his Head, fhould have 1 000 /. for 
Reward. Thence we marched two little Miles 
to an Hill South Weft- ward in Henry Oge's Counr 
try, where we incamped, and cut down the Com 
on every Side. The 27th Day his Lordfhip leaving 
Sir Henry Folliofs Regiment to guard the Camp, 
drew out three Regiments, expe£kine that the 
Rebels would fight, who fhewed theimelves on an 
Hill near us, with all their Horfe and Foot, and 
founding of Trumpets, yet our Men not only 
cutting down the Corn clofe by them, but cn- 
tring the Woods to cut Cdrn there, and burning 
many Houfes in the Skirts of the Woods, they 
were fo patient, as after one Volley of Shot, they 
retired into the thickeft Woods. The fame Day 
the Army diflodging, marched a Mile or two more 
Southward, where we cut down great Abundance 
of Corn with our Swords (according to our Fa- 
fhion,) and here Shane mac Donnel Groome^ Tyrtme^s 
Marfhal (whofe Com this was) upon humble Sub- 
miffion was received to her Majelly's Mercy, and 
came to his Lordfhip in Perfon the fame Night at 
our fetting down in our laft Camp, whither we 
returned. The 28th his Lordfhip, leaving Sir 
Cbrifiopher St. Laurence his Regiment to guard the 
Camp, drew out three Regiments, both in the 
Morning and Evening, to countenance two Con? 



vovs 

11 



chap. I. of I R ELAND. 169 

voys of Vidhials. This Day his Lordfhip fent a 
IWpatch to Sir Henry Dockivra^ about their con- 
curring in the prcfent Services, and the like to Sir 
Arthur Chicbejiefj to the fame Purpofe. His Lord- 
ihip ibid the longer in thefe Parts, to fee the 
Forts well vidualled, and to cut down the Corn, 
whereof he found great Store. 

The zpth Day his Lordfhip was advertifed, 
that Sir ffenry Poare had fcattered and broken 500 
Rebels in Leax^ and had beggared them by divers 
Preys of Cattle taken from them, and among them, 
being of the Sept of 6 MoreSy had killed, burnt 
and hanged 40 at leaft, and after had ilain in Fights 
4 Connor mac hyre^ and moft of his Men, and hurt 
many of thofe which efcaped. 

And this Day great Store of Viftuals for the 
Forts came from the Nnvry with a Convoy fafely 
to the Camp. The 30th Day his Lordfhip rote 
with the Army, and marched Northward back to 
the new Fort of Blackwater^ and beyond it, in 
all fome three Miles, along the South Side of the 
River, and there his Lorcuhip incamped clofe up* 
on the Bogs and the Faftneflcs (or fortified Paf- 
fages) in the Wood. The fame Evening his Lord* 
Ihip drew fome choice Men out of every Regi- 
ment, and fome Troops of Horfe, and with them 
rode to view the Country, and woody Paces, more 
fpecially that Pace which lay right before us North- 
ward, where the nearefl and beft PalTage was to 
enter Tyrone^ the Arch-traitor's chief Houfe Duh" 
gannon^ being fome ten Miles diftant, to which, 
after the Paffage of this Pace and Blachwater^ the 
plain Country lay open, yet being in fome Parts 
ooggy. Here Tyrone* % Men lay intrenched on the 
other Side of the River, in fuch Trenches as he 
had made to impeach the building of our new Fort 
at Blackwater^zcid cowardly quitted them (as is above 
mentioned.) The Rebels beftowed fome Vollies 
of Shot on his Lordfhip's Troops, but they re* 

turned 



170 MoftYsbH^f tiifory BookIL 

turned fafel]^, having only one Man hurt. And 
here one of the three Trumpets in Tyrone*^ P^y^ 
ran from him to our Camp. 

The 3 1 ft Day his Lordihip drew out (as before) 
and that Day and the firil of jfuguft next follow- 
ing, cut down the Woodj^ to clear the faid Pace^ 
lymg between us and the faid PafTage over Blackwa^ 
ter. And this Day the Rebels attempted to cut ofF 
a Guards which we had placed on a remote Hill, 
to fecond the Workmen cutting the Wood, but 
were by them and the Workmen ftoutly received, 
and by our feconds beaten back. 

At the fame time, by accident we had almoft loft 
all our bed: Horfes : For at the Alarm given, the 
Horfes being frighted with the Skirmifh, and with 
divers Horfemen hurrying out to anfwer the Alarm, 
broke their Headftals, and ran back to jirmagbj 
andfome of the beft as far as the Newry^ whither 
our Men following, did recover them all : But had 
the Rebels Horfemen followed them, no doubt 
they might have caught them, and defeated out 
Menloofely following them, and fo by this Advan* 
tage have done us more Mifchief, than they could 
otherwife have done with their Forces doubled. 

The fecond of jiuguft his Lordihip with the Ar- 
my rofe, and marched b^ick to jirmagb^ to the end 
he might fhun all Paces, and from thence have an 
open Paffage into jfrf mac Barents Country. Wc 
marched fix Miles to Armagh^ and three to Rawlagb* 
tany^ where while we encamped, Six Henry D aver § 
with 300 Foot, and 40 Horfc, was fent into a Faft- 
nefs to bum fome 10 fair Timber Houfes, which 
he performed 5 and about the time to fet the Watch, 
he returned towards the Camp, and at his Retreat 
all Tj'^c^'s Forces guarded with 300 Horfe, skir- 
milhed with our Men, but they feconded out of the 
Camp, came off orderly, the Rebels following 
them to our very Camp, into which they poured 
a Volley of {hot, andbyreafonof the FaftnefTes ad- 
joining, 



Chap.L ©/IRELAND. 271 

joitiing, and Night apprdaching^- retired in Safe« 

Here his Lordfhip was advertifed, that the Earl 
of Ormond hzd executed in the borders of Kilkenny 
and Tifperary ip Rebels, of which ftht Leyragb 
Butler^ and David Bourke^ znd UUck Bourke^ were 
the Chief, and that the Company under his Lord* 
{hip's Conunand, had ilain z8, of which two prin« 
cipai Men of the i Mores^ one 6 Kellyy one Cap- 
tain Edmund Roe Bourke^ and one Richard Bourke^ 
Son to UUck^ were the Chief. 

The ;d. of jluguft we rofe, and having maitrhed 
3 Miles back, we encamped between the Paces 
and Armagh^ a little beyond Armagh towards the 
North, to the end our Meflengers and our Con- 
voys for Viduals might more lafely pafs (which 
was the chief end of our returning), and that we 
might have better Grafs for our Horfes^ all the 
higher Country above, being eaten by the Rebels 
Creaghs (or Cattle), and all the way we marched^ 
the Rebels in their Faftnefles drew down clofeby^ 
and followed us all the way, being very ftrong. 
Here the Commiflary took a View of the Army in 
Field with his Lordfhip . 

Regiments. 

Firft,of Siri?^;^'^iflr/;ij8^rn'hisLord{hip's Lieu« 
tenant of his Foot, in Liftoff, byPolepreientin 
the Camp 490. a. Regiment of Sir Oliver Sti 
J9bn% inLift87f, byiPolcf}}. 3. Regiment of 
Sir Henry Folliot^ in Lift foo, by Pole jof . 4- 
Regiment of Sir Chrifiopier St. Laurence^ in Lift^ 
7f o, by Pole 400. Total in Lift xpf o, by Pole 
1718. 

Herein arc not contained eitherOfficers prefentjor 
the Sick, or Hurt, or upon other Occafions abfent. 
The fourth Day fomc Companies were drawn out 
to cut the Face of Armagh^ and the Rebels being 

in 



EPyifirBnM^s^nwi 



172 MoRYSON^i Hiftoi^ fiookll; 

in fight, offered not to skirmifh with them. But 
towards Night they drew down ftrong out of the 
Woods, to an Hill under which we lay encamped in 
a fair Meadow. They came with Cries and Sound of 
Drums and Bag-pipes, as if they would attempt 
the Camp, and poured into it fome i or 3000 {hot, 
hurting only two of our Men. But his Lordihip 
commanding that none in the Camp fhould itir, had 
lodged in a Trench fome 400 ihot, charging them 
not to fhoot till the Rebels approached near. And 
after thefe our Men had given them a Volley in 
their Teeth, they drew away, and we heard no 
more of their Drums or Bag-pipes, but only mourn- 
ful Cries ; for many of their beft Men were flain, 
and among the reft i Horfeman of great Account, 
zndonc Pierce Lacy an Arch-rebel of Munjier. The 
next Morning we found fome dead Bodies at the 
Skirt of the Wood, and 5 fcattcred Pieces. Hence 
his Lordihip fent Direftion to Sir Jobn^ Barkley^ tc 
bring with him to the Camp a Regiment from the 
Annaly and Lifcannon^ becaufe Tyrone was grown 
ftrong by the coming to him of his mac Gwircj and 
his mac Mabown^ and of Cormock mac Barony (com- 
ing t<J him from the Frontiers of Lougbfoyle). The 
f th Day his Lordlliip fent again fome ihot, with 
Pioneers, to cut the Paceclofeby the Rebels. 

The 6th Day hisLordfhip purpoled to rife and 
meet our Convoy bringing Viftuals from the Nelv- 
ry : But being ftayed by ill Weather, fent early 
fome Horfe to ftay the Convoy, till his Lordihip 
drew down towards thofe Parts. This Day hi 
Lordihip gave order to Mafter Treafurcr, that 
Proportions of new Money ihould be fent to all 
the Market Towns, to change the fame for Stcr- 
ling, and that Proclamations ihould be made in 
them to decry the old Sterling Money, and only 
make the new to be current. The 7th his Lord- 
ihip rofe to draw towards the Newry^ and march- 
ing to Mount NorriSy encamped near the faid Fort. 

the 



Ctiip. I of tK ELAND.. 173 

The iSth, Day his Lordfhip difpatchcd the Earl of 
Clanrickard into Connaugbt^ to command the Forces 
in thofe Parts^ having ient for Sir John Barkky t0 
come with a Regiment to the Camp. Here hi^ 
Lprdfliip gave Warrant forthepafllng of her Ma- 
jefty's Pardon for Land, Life, and Goods, to ^r- 
ihurmacGemis^ chief of his Sept, with fome 170 
Followers. 

Here his Lordfhip received l^ettcrs out of jE»|* 
land from Mx. Secretary, Signifying that the Lord 
Prefidcnt had fent to her Mqjefty divers Advertife- 
ments, that the Spaniards would prefently land in 
fome Part of Munfter^ from whence the Lord De- 
puty for Neceflity had lately drawn toco Foot and 
f o Horfe into Connaught. That her Majefty did 
well allow of lys Lordlhip's Care indtawmg thofe 
Men to that Service, and not loling the prcfent 
Cieiitainty for Apprehenfion of the future, not ib 
afTured. : That ijt was probable that the King of 
Spain vtfixA^ dofometfaing.iiiowiat the upihot, and 
though.it; was not credible, that he would fend 
10 or 1 1000 Men into Inland^ yet dnce he had froni 
pebruary\3i&, begun a Foundation to provide Forces 
for the Lim-Countries or Ireland^ as his AfFair$ 
Ihould. require : And fince. the J^^-Country Army 
V^as reinforced 'l)y Land out of Italy ^ her Majeily 
thought Jie might with eafe tranfport 4 or f ooiD 
•Men (cf Irel0ndy and was li^e ):o doit, andfo he 
jtnight for the time turn the .State of Irelan^^ woul4 
think th^cttn vreU])eftowed, if: he Ihould lofe tbcra 
allat theYear's^nd.Thatin this.Refpe£t herMajetty 
had refolved to leave f 000 Men to be in readinefs^ 
and to fend 1000 of .them prefently for A/«;ir/^, ta 
arrive there by the loth of this Month j fo as if 
the Spaniards ^o^id land, the LordPrefident might 
be enabled to keep the Provincials from Revolt, till ' 
.he the Lord Deputy might come thither, and more 
Forces might be fent out of England 5 and if they 

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274 MorVson'i Hfftory Book II. 

(hould not invade Ireland^ then his Lordfhip might 
keep the looo he had drawn from Munfttr^ to fi- 
nifh the Work whereof he had laid aa happy Foun- 
dation, heartily wifhing that his Lordihip might 
be the happy Inftrument tofave Ireland^ to whom 
he profelled himfelf tied in moil confiantand ho- 
neit Friendfhip, and praying his Lordfhip to efteem 
thefc ready Seconds, befides the publick Duty to 
proceed much out of an extraordinary re{pe£fc to his 
Lordfhip. That tor beftowing of the Companies 
to be fcnt into Munjier^ as he who was gone, (mean- 
ing as I think, the Earl of EJfex)^ made too great a 
Monopoly in beftowing all fuch Places himtelf, fo 
now tnere was a great Confiilion, every Lord im- 
portuning to prcter his Friend and Follower 3 but 
that for his Part, he fought no Man's Preferment 
herein, but only advifed that thofe might be firfi; 
refpe&ed, which came over with the Lord Depu- 
ty's Recommendations. That the Lord Prefident 
liadearneftly moved him, and in good fort challen- 
ged to have hopes in him for the Procurement of 
lome Means to gratify his Followers; and had byo- 
ther Friends obtained of her Majefty, thatfome of 
thofe Companies might be fent over undifpofed, and 
left to his Difpofal, to which he the Secretary had 
;ivcnfecond, rather than that the Places fhould be 
^eftowed in England^ without any thanks either to 
the Lord Deputv or Lord Prefident, Protefting 
that howfoever ne loved the Lord Prefidcnt, he 
would not fcant his due Refpcft to his Lordihip^ 
wherein he thought to give him the leaft Difcon- 
tent. That he conceived the ^S^^^/^rir would not 
make Defcent atCork^ which Town was not guar- 
dablc when they had it. Nor yet at Limrick^ though 
fit by the Situation, becaufe an Enemy engaged 
fo far into the Kingdom, could not hope for Sup- 
plies, when her Majefty fhould take due Rcfoluti- 
on to oppofc them. But rather judged Gallway a 
fit Place for their Defcent, giving Commodity to 

join 



Chap.r. i7/IRELANDi 17 f 

join vrith the Northten Rebels^ and feated in a 
Country all out in Rebellion^ Or clfe JFaterfotd^ 
inrefpefl: of the goodly River and thePeople's Af- 
feftion to if/tfi^^advifing that the Foot of pungan* 
non fliould carefully be fiimiihed with a Comman- 
der, Men, and Neceflaries. Laftl^, that Oftend 
was obftinately befleged by the Arch-Duke^ with 
1 3000 Foot, and^o Pieces of Battery > andhowfo-^ 
ever the States had leftiooo Dutch there^ yet their 
Army being at Bercky whence it would not be railed, 
the Town had been carried within ten Days^ if Sir 
FrancisFerehsA not thrown himfelf into it with i <^o6 
Englijby to whom her Majefty fent i ooo Men, and 

grepared to fend zdoo tnore, to fuccour the Place^ 
ecaufe Part of the Army in //^/y was comedowxi 
to the Arch-Duke. 

The pth of jluguft his Lordihip and the Counfelr 
lorsprefentin the Gamp^ writ to the Lords in £iir 
gland^ That the Army had been employed in pre- 
paring her Majefty's Forts, and fitting them for 
the Winter War^ and in the prefent fpoilinff of the 
Rebels Gorn^ (the only way to ruin them), hopp- 
ing to keep the Army in Field till Harveft were 
pail \ fo that it being impofJible to cut all their 
Corn^ our Garrifons might have Opportunity to 
fiather the reft^ and the Rebels might be hihdered 
from gathering any^ except it were Jyrone^s Cora 
ncsLT Dungannon^ whereunto the PafTage was fo dif- 
ficult, as his Lordihip for fo little thought not 
good to hazard all, efpecially ilncc Sir Henry Dock" 
v;ra for want of Match (as he had written) could 
not meet his Lordihip in Tyrone, according to their 
former Projeft^ whereof his Lordftiip notwith- 
flanding profeffed himfelf nothing forry, in regard 
that meeting would have given the ArchrebelPowei' 
to fling the Dice again for Recovery of their For- 
tune, and that upon an unequal Hazard, by fettingj 
his reft upon either of them apart, divided into 5 
Bodies, under the Lord Deputy, the faidSir/f^/ir^ 

S z Dock^ 



i'76 MorysonV Hijlory BooklL 

^Dockwra^ TLtidSirJirthur Chichefter^ even with the 
^ whole Force of his Nbrthern Partakers^ tho' his 
other Friends further off were kept from aiding 
tiim^ by the difpofal of our other Forces. That 
bcfidcs the fpoiling of their Corn, his Lbrdfhip by 
ieai^h had found an eafy way to pafs to Dungannon^ 
which hitherto was h6ver by iny Guide made 
kno wri to us,iand had ciit do wn a broadPace,through 
a thick Wopdih i Days Labour^ and fa came to 
th6 Rivet, where he piirpofed, as foon as might 
be, to build si Fort yith a Bridge, therebeing from 
\htrictxoJ>unginmn\tkthm Milei,'allina Plains 
Th^t'this would cut the Arch-traitors Throatc 
Forhowfoeverthii NanAeof ^TVi?^/ wasfo revercn* 
bed in the Notth^ asnoM could be induced to be- 
tray him upon the large Reward fet upon his Head, 
vetT^henthe hope of Aififtance fromi'^/i ihouU 
DC taiken away j they feeing their Corn fpoilcd, and 
lipbi! otir exp^ed Supplies feeing us cnticr Tyrone,^ 
could not but fee their -apparent Conftifion. That 
hoyfocver this Summer few of their Cows had been 
taken (which Work is more proper to the Winter 
War), yet they had been forced to feed them with* 
in their Faftnefles, which they ufed to keep for 
feeding them in Winter, fo as they muft either 
ftarve them by keeping them there in Winter, or 
hazard the taking of them by our Garrifons, if they 
feed them abroad. That for the future Service, 
theybefought again to be enabled, by the fending 
of 1600 ihot out of JS«g/^;?<5? for Supplies, and that 
the rather, becaufe Tyrone was very ftrong, as ap- 
peared by a Note delivered by Shane mac Donnel 
Groome^ who having been Tyrone^s Marfhal, was 
received to Mercy the 27th of July^ befides our 
Experience of their Strength, when few Days fincc 
they poured 3000 Shot into our Camp, and could 
hardly be kept from forcing it. So as our Army 
confifting only of 1798 by Pole, and more than 
half of them being Irijhj the fpeedy fending of 

the 



ChapJ; «/ IRELAND- 277 

the Supply wasmoft neceffary. As alfo the fending of 
Munition and Visuals, without which all this 
X^abour would be loft, and th? Soldier forced, riot 
only to leave his Garrifon, but to live idly in the 
Pale upon the Subjeft. Laftly, that the Army (by 
God's Grace) had not had ai)y Difafter, but burning 
their Houfes in the very Woods, had ftill beaten 
the Rebek, few or np Englip being loft. Toge- 
ther with thefe Letters were fent divers Notes of* 
Vi6hialsand Munition remaining, and new Stores 
to be fent over. And therewith v/as fent the aSove- 
mentioned Note of Tyrone's Forces, as follow- 
cth. 

^ perfeSl Note of fucb Captains nni Companies^ as 
are under the Command of the traitor Tyrone, 
within Tyrone, not mentioning the Chieftains^ as 
oDonhcl, 6. Cane, MacGire, and the rejlofthe 
Ulfter Lords ^ but only fuch as attend him in bis 
Country. 

Horfe." Tyrone for his Guard, loo. His Son, 
Hugh 6 Nealj loo. His Brother Cormocky loo. 
Jlrt mac Baron^ lo. Phelim 6 Hanlon's Son, lo. 
Turlogh Brajirs Sons, fo, Con^ Tyrone' sh^cSotiy 
zo. In all 400. 

His Guard of Foot. Led by James 6 Sbeal^ z 
Leinjier Man, zoo. Led by Jenkyn Fitz-Simon o( 
ZjCcaile^ 200. In all 400. 

Other Foot, Hugh mac Cawel^ and two other 
Captains under Cormock^ Tyrone's Brother, 600. 
Con^ Son to Art mac Baron^ 100, Brian mac Art ^ 
zoo. Con^ ?>r^»tf*sbafeSon, 100. MacCan^ioo. 
Owen 6 Can^ 100. Donough Aferadogb 6 Hagan^ 
100. Oiven 6 Hagan^ 100, Donnel 6 Neal for 
Qwen Evaile 6 Neal^ 100. Three Brothers, Gil-^ 
lafpick mac Qwen^ 100 j Rory mac; Qwenj looi 

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178 Moryson'^ Hlfiory BookIL 

Randal mac Oiven^ loo. Keiitgb mac Donnel^ loo. 
Oweni^in^ loo. JamesiHagan^ loo. Pbelim 
QgeiNealy 60. ^urlogb BraJiP sSonSy zoo. Henry 
Wragton^ 200. Henry Oge mac Henry mac Sbancy 
100. furlogh^ Con mac Barents Son, 100. jfrt 
SBagan^ Sonto Hugh J 100. Hugh Grome A Hagan 
and his Coufin, 100. DonnelGrome mac Edmundj 
100. Patrick mac Pbelim^ 100. Gilliduff mac 
Donnel^ one of Connaugbt^ 100. In all ^tjSo. 

Total of Horfc and Foot, 406Q, 

All thefe (300 excepted) had means for them» 
felves and their Companies within T'yranej and di** 
vers of them have great Forces befides thefe, which 
they kt^ep in their own Countries for Defence there- 
of. 

This prcfent pth of Auguft the Lord Deputy 
wrote to Sir Robert Cecil the $ecretary this ^llow^ • 
ing Letter. 

S I R, 

I Received your Letter of the ifth of July^ the 
4th of this Month, being in Camp near the 
Place where the Marfhal Bagnol was flain, the 
News you received from the Prefident of Munfter^ 
of Spanijh Succours, I do find no ways more con- 
firmed, than by the aflured Confidence this People 
hath thereof, out of the which they are grown 
from the moft humble begging of their Peace, to 
exceeding Pride, and the Traitor himfelf fo ftrong, 
as (believe me, Sir) he hath many more fighting Men 
in his Army, than we. And yet we do not omit 
any thing of our Purpofes, but have fince our com- 
ipg to this Camp, made that a fair way to Blackwa' 
terj which the Marfhal fhunned, when he was over- 
thrown, and every Day cut down either his Woods 
or his Corn in his fight, only with fomc flight Skir- 
miihcs, in all which fGod dc thanked)* wc cannot 
fay, we had any Difafter hitherto, but in all he lo- 

fcth 



Chap. I. 0/ I R E L A N D- 179 

feth fomc of his beft Men. I prefuifae there could 
nothing be added to our Council of the Diftribu- 
tionof her Majefty's Forces ; But whether the 
Fault hath been in the Commanders of the fcveral 
Parties, or in fome Impediments which they pre- 
tend, I Icnow not j but we receive little Affiftancc 
by any of them, and the whole brunt of the War 
lieth upon us. But out of the prefent judgment 
we make of this Country, we have difcovered, 
anddireftcd Sir jirtbur Cbicheftero£ Courfe, which 
if we may enable him to go forward in, will, I hope, 
utterly baniih Tyrone 5 and have found another way 
into his Country, that if we can but build a Fort, 
and make a Paflage over the River, we ihall make 
Dungannm a Center, whether we may from all Parts 
draw together all her Majefty's Forces, and (as I 
prefume) before this Winters end, not leave a Man 
in the Country of Tyrone. Whatfoever others have 
undertaken, I befeech you. Sir, to remember, that 
in all my Difpatches, I have declared, that the ut- 
termoft you could look from us in this Summer'$ 
Work^^ ihould be to plant fuch Garrifons as mufl: 
take effe£t this next Winter, and that we fhould 
proceed flowly, and come ihort of our Purpofe, 
if we were not continually fupplied with Means, 
and in time, of Vi6buals and all kind of Muniti- 
ons. If you have not been informed in due time of 
our Wants, I muft excufemyfelf, that being con- 
tinually imployed in the a£tive Profecution of as 
bufy a War as any in the World, and moft com- 
monly far from Dublin^ where our Magazines' 
are, 1 am driven in all the feveral kinds of our 
Means, to appoint of the Council Commiffioners, 
whom I have defired in mv Abfence to inform you 
of the State of thefe thmgs, and to foUicit our 
Wants, having dire£ked the particular Miniftcrscf 
every Nature, to inform them of the Remains, 
and to deliver them (to be fent over) Eftimates, of 
what we ihould want. Only in general I have in 

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iSo M-ORYsonV Hifioyy BookIL 

all my Difpatches protefted, that without fuf&citnt 
Supplies of thcfe things, we fhould be driven to fit 
ftill, and make all the rcil of hcrMajefty'j Charge 
unprofitable. Sir, I cannot from a quiet Judg* 
ment makeyoua large and perfedk Difcourfeattbis 
time of our Affairs, for I am continually full of the 
prefcnt Bufintls, and have fo little relr, as fomc- 
times thefe Rogues will keep us waking all Night : 
But inihort, 1 dare affure you, I fee a fair Way, to 
make Ulfier one of the moft quiet, afiured, and 

rrofitable Provinces, if the Spaniard do not come. 
f they do, I cannot fay what we fhall firft refolvc 
on, till by the event we fee their Purpofe ^ for to 
provide for all Places, that carry equal Probability 
of their Undertaking, we cannot, neither caa I 
>ut my felf into any Fart of Ireland with my chief 
)trength, but 1 may happen to be as far from their 
Defcent, as I fhall be where now I am, which ma- 
keth me the more loth to forego my hold in thofe 
Parts, and yet for all Occafions you muft not ima- 
gine me to be now in the Head of a great Army, 
butof fome 1600 fighting Men, of whom there 
are not half Englifn^ and upon the News of Sfa^ 
nijh Succoursjj 1 know few /r//& that I can reckon 
ours. With this Army I mult make my Retreat, 
which Ircfolvcdto have left moft part iiiGarrifons 
all this Winter in thcfe Quarters ^ andin truth. Sir, 
I cannot at this prefcnt think of a better Council, 
than that we might go on with the War by thcfe 
Garriibns againft "fyrcne^ as we were determined, 
• whether the Spaniards cornc or no, and to make 
Headagainll iliem, chiefly with Means out of En- 
gland. By this Courlc they fhall give each other 
little Afiiitance^ p.nd if wc do but ruin and waftc 
the Traitors this Winter, it will be impofliblefor 
y:p Spaniards to make this People live, by which 
tourfo I prefume it is in her Majetty 's Power to give 
the King of Spain z great Blow, and to quit this 
Country of them forever. If in the Checks, the 

Queen 



chap, I> of I R E L AND/ %lx 

Queen do not find the Wcaknefs of her Army, I 
duclaim from the Fault; forwithouta wife honeft 
Mutter-mafter, of good Reputation, to be ftill 
prcfent in the Army^ the Queen in that kind will 
never be well ferved, and upon thofc Officers that 
are, I do continually call. for their Care in that 
Matter, If according to oUr Defire youhadfent 
us 1000 Supplies of Shot to. the Newry^ it had 
advanced the Service more than I can cxprcfs, but 
fomc you muii: needs fend us, to bcj able to liave 
thofe Garrifons ftrong in Winter. Moft part of 
thefefroops Ihavehere, are they that have ftrick^ 
en all the Blows for the Recovery of the Kingdom, 
and being in contihual A6tion, and therefore yoa 
muft not wonder if they be weak. If Sir flemy 
Pochwra do not plant Ballyjharmon^ I think it fit, 
that Sir Arthur Chkhejier had i ooo Men of his Lift, 
whom I hope we would find Means to plant within 
4 or f Miles t)f Dungannon^ and by Boats victual 
them commodioufly. I do apprehehd the Gotrfc^ 
<juence of that Plantation, to be great: ^ut till I 
hear from you again, I will take no Men from Lough-- 
foyle^ becaufe I am loth to meddle much with that 
Garrifon without Dire£tion i But I befeech you. 
Sir, by the next let me know yourOpinion. 

I pray you. Sir, give me leave to take it unkindly 
■of my Lord Prefident to inform you, thzx. Sit Henry 
Dockwrahixth had greater Favour in the Nominati- 
on of Captains than he 5 for he never placed but 
one, whom I difplaced after. To have lome left to 
his Nomination, is more than I could obtain, when 
the laft Supply came to me. But finceit is the 
Queen's Plcufure, I muft bear this (and as I do con- 
tinually a great deal more) with Patience. And 
though I am willing you ihould know I have a juft 
feeling of thefethingvS, yet I befeech you. Sir, to 
believe, that my meaning is not to conteft, or to im« 
pute the Fault unto you, for (by God Sir) where I 
profcfs my Love in the fame Kind I have done to 



iSi MoRYSON^i Hifiory BookllJ 

you, they ihall be great Matters that ihall remove 
me, although they may (and I defire that I may let 
you know when they do) move me. I do only im- 
pute this to my Mistortune^ that I perceive Argu* 
mentstoo many of her Majeity's Difpleafure: But 
while for her own Sakefhedothufemy Service, I 
will love whatfoever J fuffer for her, and love the 
Sentence^ that I will force from the Confcience of 
all, and the Mouth of the Juft, that I have been, 
and will be, anhoneft, and no unprofitable Servant 
unto her. I dare undertake, we nave rid my Lord 
Preiidentof the mod: dangerous Rebel of Munfterj 
and the moft likely Man to have renewed the Rd>eU 
lion I (or that Nisht I received your Letters, the 
Rogues did pour aoove 3000 Shot into] our Camp, 
at which time it was our good Fortune to kill Pierce 
Lacy^ and fome other ot their principal Men. We 
arenowprayinsfora good Wind, for we arc at our 
laft Day's Brea^ if Vifkuals come in time, we will 
not be idle. Sir, if I have recommended any into 
England^ I am fure it was for no Charge 5 for I know 
none that have gone from hence, but there are many 
that continue here more worthy of Preferment 
than they, therefore I pray, Sir, let them not be 
reckoned mine, that there challenge any thing for 
me, but whatfoever Ihall pleafe their Lordihips I 
mud be contented withal, and it ihall not much 
trouble me, for I mean not to make the Wars my Oc- 
cupation, anddoafFe£i: as much to have a great ma<- 
ny Followers, as to be troubled with a Kennel of 
Hounds. But for the Queen's Sake, I would 

gladly have her fcrved by fuch, as I know to be 
oneft Men, and unhappy is that General, that muft 
fight with Weapons of other Mens choofing. And 
fo, Sir, being afhamed that I have troubled you fo 
long, I dcfire you to be aflured, that no Man fliall 

love 



chap.t ^/Ireland: i^j 

love you more honeftly and faithfully, than my« 
fclfe' 

From the Camp war Mount Noixis tbis 9th of Att^ 

guft, I<JO|. 

Xour$^ Sir J mofiajfuroito 
4ppu Service J 

Touching the above-mentioned Diftafte between 
the Lord Deputy and the Lord Prefident of Mun^ 
fiery his Lordihip ihortly after, wrote a Letter to 
him, refentinghimfelf in very high Terms, of the 
"Wrong he conceived to be o^ered him, asfoUow^^ 
eth in his I^ordihip's Letter. 

MY Lord, as I have hitherto born you as 
much Aficd^ovij and as truly as ever I did 
profefs it unto you, and I proteiO: rejoyced in all 
your good Succefles as mine own ^ fo muft you 
give me leave, fince I prefume I have fo jufl: Cauf(^ 
to challenge you of Unkindnefs and Wrong, in wri- 
ting into Englandy%h9itivi preferring yourFollowers, , 
Sir Henry JDockwra hath had more power from me 
than your felf, and confec^uently to follicit the 
Queen to have the Nomination of fome Captains in 
this Kingdom. For the firft I could have wiihed 
you would have been better ^dvifed, becaufe upon 
my Honour he never, without my fpecial Warrant, 
did appoint but one, whom I after difplacod $ and 
I do not remember that ever fince our coming over, 
J have denied any thing, which you have recom- 
mended unto me, with the Mark of your own De^ 
fire to obt^n it^ and in your Province I have not 
given any place fas I think) but at your Inftance. 
For the other I trxink it is the firft Example, that 



t^4 MorysonV Hifiory Book 11. 

ever any under another General defircd or obtain- 
ed the like Suit. And although I will not fpeak in- 
jurioufly of your Deferts, nor immodeftly of mine 
own, yet this Difgrace cannot make me believe 
that I have dcfcrved wprfe than any that have been 
Generals before me : But fince it is the Queen's 
Pleafure, I mult endure it, and you chufe a fit time 
to obtain that, or any thing elle againft me. Yet 
I will concur with you in the Service, as long as 
it flidl pleafe her Majefty to employ us here ; But 
hereafter I doubt not but to give you Satis(a6tion 
that I am not worthy of this wrong. The Counfel 
and my felf, upon occa^on of extraordinary Con- 
(equence, lent for fome of the Companies or Mun* 
per out of Connaught^ when wc heard you were 
to be fupplied with two Thoqfand out of England^ 
but we received from them a flat Denial to come, and 
the Copy of your Letter to warrant them there- 
in, \t you have any Authority from the Queen 
io countermand mine, you may very well jfeify 
it, but it is more than you have vowed to me to 
have, when I ( before my coming over) protefted 
tinto you, that if you had, I would rather ferve 
the Queen in Prifon, thi^n here. My Lord, thefe 
are great Difgraccs to me, and lo; conceived, 
and I think juflly, by all that know it, which is 
and will be very Ihortly all Ireland. My Allegiance 
and own Honour are now engaged with all my Bur- 
thens, to go on in this Work, otherwife no Fear 
ihould make me fufFer thus much > and what I do, 
it is only Love doth move me unto it : For I know 
you are dear to one, whom I am bound to refpeft 
with extraordinary AfFe&ion. And fo, my Lord, 
I wiflb you well, and will omit nothing (while I 
am in this Kingdom) to give you the beft Con- 
tentment I can, and continue as. 

Tour ajfured Friend^ 

Mountfoy. 
The 



Chap.L iif IRELANDi >8y 

The Lord Prefident within few Days, not on- 
ly with a calm, noble, and wife AniTwer , pacified 
his Lordihip's Anger 5 but alfo by many good Of- 
fices between his Lordfhip and Mafter Secretary, 
(with whom as amoft inward Friend he had great 
Power) fo coooJ^ined their new-begun Love, v^ 
he engaged his Lordj[hip ip a great Bond of XWkr 
fulneis tohim- 
The.nth, of AuiuJi^\^^\^6tiL^^VJXoVt to the 
Governor of the iVi?«;rj', tl^t to avoid the^ con- 
tinual Trouble of Convoys, herestfter, he Ihould 
presently fend up as griWt rrovifion of Vi&uals to 
Anmagh as pombly he could, while his Lordfhip 
1^ in that Part with the Army : For two Days 
after, by re^oaof much Rain railing, and the ex- 
pe&ing of thefe Vi'6l:uab, his LorSftiip lay/ftiU 
in the Camp near Momt-N'orrii. The 13th the 
Viftuals came, but fiot in fuch great Proportion 
as was dire^df becaufe the Vi|^ualler had failed 
to bake great Part of his Meal,, and the Cows ex- 
pe&ed from Dundalky were not yet fent by the 
Submittees, according to their Promife. The 
fame Day. his Lordfhip rofe,^ and incamped 
three Miles ihort of Armagb. The four- 
teenth, hiiif Lordfhip rofe with the Army^, and 
ut all thi Viftuals he had received into the Ab- 
cy, of jdrjmagh and the Fort of Blackwatery and 
retiurned back to the fame camping Place. The 
ifth iiis Lordfhip drew back to his former Camp, 
near Mount-Narrisj and fent out fome Companies 
of Horfcand Foot to the Skirts of the Wood near 
the Fort, to guard thofe that cut Wood for making 
of Cars, to tranfport more Viftuals to the faid Gar- 
rifons. The 16th his Lordfhip drew back to Carick- 
bancj near the Newry^ to haflen the Provifion of 
Viduals, in as great Quantity as might be, which 
was difpatchcd withinTe w Days. 



I 



t%6 Moryson'x Hifiofy Bookir; 

itbe t^d bis Lordjhip wrote the folldwif% Letter 

to Mr. Secretary. 

ID I D ever fbrefee, and have AgtiiRid (b much^ 
that any foreign Succours would clean alter the 
State of this Kingdom, and the whole Frame of 
out Proceedings, ind do find that the AiHirance 
that thefe People do now receive thereof, dotH 
make them (land upon other Terms than they were! 
wont, and much divert our Ptirpofes^ which we 
had conceived with good Reafon and gfeat Hope. 
Of anjr but the EngHJb we have final! AfTurance^ 
and Dt them the Artny is exceeding weak. The 
Jtrijb newly fubinitteo. and their wavering Faith 
hitherto we have ufecl to great EfFe6t : For we 
have wafted them, and the Rebels hf them, but 
when we come to ky our Forces in remote Gani-* 
fons, they fly the Hardnefs of that Life, and do 
again betake themfelves unto any Head that is of 
Power to fpoil, and with the beft-paid and pre-* 
vailing Party they will ever be. I am certainly 
told by Sir John Bdrkly^ that fome Spaniards that 
arrived at Sligo (as they fay to difcover, and with 
AfTuranceof the prefent coming of a great Force j) 
do there fortify, and (as he hath been more t)arti-> 
cularly informed) not in a Com{)afs only capable of 
themlelves, but in fuch fort as it will bd able to 
lodge great Numbers. This, (and my being pre- 
vented to follow my Purpofes in thefe Parts as I 
would,) draweth me into the Pale, to advife of 
the beft Afliirancc for the main, and yet not to 
quit my Purpofes in fuch fort in thefe Parts j but 
if the Spaniards do not come, I may again look 
this Way with my former Defire, which was to 
beat the chief Traitor clean out of his Country : For 

until 



CRap. L <?/• 1 R E L A N D. t^f 

until that be done^ there will be ever left a Fire- 
which upon all Occaiions will break out more and 
more violently. When I have fpoken with thcJ 
reft of the Counfel, and cbnfideted more nearly 
the Difpofition of thefe inward Parts, I will more 
laj^gely relate unto you my Opinion^ tieither will 
I now much trouble you with my own Eftate, al- 
though not only my felf, but (I proteft) the Ser- 
vice doth feel the KStSt df a general ccrnceived 
Rumour of her Majefty's Difpleafui'e to me. I 
am fo nearly interefted therein ) that I cannotfpeak 
much of that Matter^ without the Pr^sjudiceof a 
private Refoe6k to my felf : But only this^ I moft 
humbly deffre her Majefty, for heir dwn Sake, to 
ufe me no longer here, than ihe thinketh me fit td 
be trufled and graced; for without both, I fhall 
but flrive againft the Wind and Tide, and be fit 
for nothing but my own poor Harbour, unto the 
which I moft humbly deure to be fpeedily called 
with her gracious Favour, fince my own Conici- 
ence maketh me prefume to defire fo itnuch, that 
beft doth know with how intolerable Labour of 
Mind and Body, I have and do continually ferve 
her. And fo. Sir, I befeech God to fend you as 
much Contentment as I do want. 

SUfe ltd of AvL^ TourSy Sir^ to do you Service^ 
gutt, i6di. 

Mountjoy« 



The 



488 MoRtsonV Hiflory Book 11. 

The fortifying of the Spaniards ^l SUgOj va* 
nifhed with the Rumour, which was.£roun4f4 
upon fome arriving, to bring th^ Rfb& ccruin 
News of pretSent Succours, and pielenily rctunoH 
ing- And the Bmte (or perhaps his Lordihip'a 
Jcaloufy) of her Majefty's Difplc^ure^ arofe from 
the Coofeffiq^s of fcnnc examined, about thecaftt 
Attempts of the unfortunate Earl of Mfex^ wha 
had.accufed t}^ Lord Deputy to be pnvy, to that 
Proje6t. His JLjordfliip purpofing to draw into 
theP^Ie (oriEarts near Dublin^ .l$ft hi^ Forces in 
the. North', (for thofe of L»ugbfoyh had not yet 
CoiTcfpondeacy i^itb thiefe,) in this following 

Manner difpofed* ; 

I ■ ■ > 

At CarrMfer^us. 

Sir jfrfi?urChicbefierjGoy€tnoY^f,6o. SitJfyuIi 
Conway^ i f o . . Capt . BilUngSj ifo. Capt. Phillips^ 
ifo. Capt. A^pn^M?, 100. ^sl^x. Eger^on^ 400- 
Foot, 8fo. 

Sir Arthur Chichefter^ If. C^^t.jfoin Jephfin^ 
100. Horfc, i2j^. 

At Lecaile. 

Sir Richard Moryfon^ Governor, . .1^^ C^t. 
To^y Caulfieldj ifo. Foot, 300. 

Thefe following Forces, when they fhould be 
drawn out, for Convoy of Vidtuals or otherwifc, 
were to be commanded in chief by Sir Francis 
Siaffordy and were thus difpofed in feveral Gar- 
rifons. 

At 



Chap.L ©/IRELAND: 2«p 

At the Newry* 

Sir Frams Stafford^ Governor, 200, Capt. 
yofias Bodky^ ifo. Sir William fFarren^ 100. 
root, 4f o. Sir Francis Stafford^ f o Horfc. 

At Mount^Narris. 

Capt. Edward Blamy^ Governor^ ifo. Capt. 
Aiberton^ ifo. Sir Samuel Bagnol^ 15*0. Capt. 
Rotberam^ ifo. Foot, 6oo« Sir Samuel Bagml^ 
fo Horfe. 

* 

At Armigh, 

Sit Henry Davers^ Governor, tfo* Sir Henry 
Folliot^ ifO. Capt. Guefiy ifo. Capt. Thomas 
Roper ^ I f o . Capt . Francis Roe^ 1 00 • Capt. ttrever^ 
100. Foot^ 800. 

Sir Henry Davers^ ioo« Capt. Darcy^ Zf4 
Horfe, X2f. 

At Blackwater. 

Capt. Williams^ Governor, i fO . Capt. Confiable^ 
100. Sir G^rr^/ Moore ^ 100. Foot, 3fo. 

The Z4th of Auguft^ his Lordfhip leaving the 
Field, rode back to tte Newry^ from whence he 
fent one JV. an Englijb-m^ in Bonds to the Lords 
in England^ fbr the Reafoiis following. Sir Ben* 
ry Davers^ after his elder Brother's perifliing in 
the late Earl of Ej^ex his Attempt, was deiirous 
by aftive Profecation of the Rebels, to dcfervc 
her Maicfty's good Opinion. And for this Caufe, 
as for that he was eniabled to do great Services, 
iis well by his noble Virtues, as by the Command 
he formerly and now had both of Jkorfe and Foot; i 

Vot. I. T his 



V 



apo Motvsov^s Hiftory BdokIL 

his Lordfliip in fpecial love to him, being molt 
willing to give him all Opportunity to attain this 
his Dcfire, appointed him Governor of Atmagb^ 
advifing him to be often ftirring with the Forces 
under his Command, and to pra&ife what poffibly 
he could devife upon the Perfon of the Arch- 
traitor. To him this Englijh-vcissi made Oflfer to 
kill ^yrone^ yet would not difcover his Plot for 

;reater Secrecy (as he pretended,) neither would 

\t prefs him further, fince he required no Affift- 
ance ^ and fo in the Night he was fuf¥erod 
to go by the Watches , and paffed to 7y- 
rone's Camp , whence he was imployed to 
the Iflander Scots^ and coming to Sir Arthur Chi" 
chefter's Hands, was by him fcnt back from Knock" 
fergus to his Lordfhip at the Newry^ where being 
examined what he had done in, Tyrone's Camp^, he 
avowed that once he had drawn his Sword to kUl 
him, though under Pretence of bragging what 
he would do for his Service, yet gave he no good 
* Account of his A6i:ions or Purpoles, but behaved 
himfelf in fuch fort, as his Lordfliip judged him 
frantick, though not the lefs fit for luch a Pur- 
pofe. Now becaufe he had not performed that he 
undertook, and gave an ill Account of himfelf in 
this Aftion ; his Lordfliip, as well for the Dif- 
charge of Sir Henry DaverSy who imployed hini, 
as of himfelf, who confented thereunto, and ad- 
vifed Sir Henry Davers fo to do, thought good to 
fend him Prifoner to the Lords, that he might be 
there examined, where^ by reafon of his Friends 
dwelling in London^ they might be fufliciently in- 
formed of the Man's Quality. 
The ipb his Lord/hip and the Council there prefent^ 

wrote from the Newry this following Letter to 

the Lords in England. 

// may pleafeyoar Lordjhips. 

SINCE our laft Letters we have for the moft 
Part imployed our felvcs in putting up as great 

Quantity 



Ghap.I. */ IRELAND; in. 

Quantity of Victuals as we could to Armagh and 
the Slackwater^ being loth to ingagc out klvci 
into any thing, which we had further purpofed, 
until we fhould fee the Iffue of this afllired Ex- 
pe£tation of the Spaniards Invafion, or till w6 
might by fome Means better ftrengtheri this Ar-* 
my. Of the firft we have reafori to be Jealous, 
both by many Arguments of aflurcd Confidence in 
this People of prefent Succour, and by the Arri- 
val of a Spanijb Ship, in which the Arch-traitor*s 
Agent is returned^ with Aflurance that he left the 
Spanish Forces ordained for his Aid in a Readinefs 
to fet out. For the ftrengthening of our Army 
we had good Reafon to be provident, corifiderihg 
the Weakn^fs thereoi^ and efpecially of th6 Eng^ 
lijh^ and finding by Experience the Rebels 
Strength now, when he had none but the Forces 
nourimed in Tyrone to aflift him. Whefeftoe hear- 
ing that Sir Henry Dockwra had planted a Garri- 
fon at Dunnegalj and had left 6 Donnel pofFeiTed in 
a manner of .nothing in Tir comely and that upon 
the late Arrival of his Munition, he iritendea to 
ht aftive in thofe Parts near Loughfoyk^ and un- 
derftanding by Matter Secretaryj that about the 
nth of Auguft there were 2000 Men to be fup- 
plied for Munfter^ we refolved to fend for fome of 
the Companies in Connaught of the Munjier Lift, 
and to put the reft into Galway and thdi-eabouts, 
for the Aflurance of thofe Parts, and upofi the re- 
ceiving of that Addition to oiir Strength, to have 
drawn to Monaghan^ and fooiled the Corn of thdt 
Country, being of exceeding Quantity, dr if wc 
had feen reafon, to have left a Garrifoii thetCj arid 
to have inabled it to gather the moft t^4rt of that 
Corn for their better Provifion^ or bthef wife to 
have continued the Profecution ih thefe Parts, un- 
til we fhould hear of the Spaniards landing, or by 
any Afiurance of their not coming, ihould be at 
Liberty to proceed in our former Purpofes. But 

T a re* 



ipi MoRYSON^^ Hifiorj BooklX. 

receiving Anfvver from the Captains of Munfier^ 
that they had Direftion not to ftir from Con* 
fiaught upon any other Order whatfoevcr, than 
from the Prelident of Munfier^ in regard of the 
prefent Expeftation of Spaniards to latid in thofe 
Parts : And we thereby being not To well able to 
wade any further in our Determinations for the 
North, and receiving fome probable Intelligence^ 
that the Place dcfigned for the Spaniards landing 
was Sligo^ we refolvTd to leave the Northern Gar- 
rifons Very ftrong in Foot and Horfe, tod is well 
provided with Means as wc can, and to draw our 
lelves with the reft of our Forcb tow^tdsConnaugbty 
appointing the reft of the Council to meet us in 
the Way at Tr/w. to advife with us of the beft 
Courfe to eftablim the Heart of the Pale, and to 
anfwer the prefent Expeflbation of Spanijb Forces. 
And although by our fudden leaving the North, 
we have omittea fome things which we concei- 
ved to be of great Confcquence to the Service^ 
I^et if it ftiall pleafe your Lordihips to fupply the 
foundations we have laid inthofe Parts with looo 
Shot^ according to our former Suit, and with 
Store of Vi£tuals for the Garrifons in Winter^ 
we hope you fhall find no fmall Effe£t of our 
Summer's Labour. But feeing we are perfuaded, 
that if any Spanijb Forces arrive, they will land 
at SligOy where they have a fit Place to fortify^ to 
be relieved by Sea, to unite themfelves with all 
the Rebels Force, and where they have a fair 
Country to poiTefs, with an eafy Way (by the 
Rebels Afliftance) into Munfter^ or the Heart of 
the Pale, or efpecially to Loughfoyky where we 
cannot, without great Difficulty, affront them, 
having no Magazines of Viftuals or Munition at 
Athlone or Gahvay^ and where it is impoffible for 
us to provide our felves, or if we could, moft dif- 
ficult to carry them by Land, when we are fo far 
in the Country, and nave no Means for Carriage. 

There- 



Chap.I. 0/ IRELAND. 293 

Therefore we maft humbly defire your Lordfhips 
to fend good Store of Victuals and Munition to 
Galwaj/y and to. Limricky which hpwfoever our 

. Expeftation fall out, will be moft neceffary for 
the Profecution of Connaugbt^ and that Profecu- 
tion as neccflary this Winter, fince 6 Donnel hath 
forfaken his own Country, and betaken himfelf to 
live in that Province. But becaufe we do forefcc 
it to be no ill Counfcl for the Spaniards to land at 
SUgo^ and think that T;^rone will prefently urge 
them to cut off our Garrifon at Loughfoyle^ whi- 
ther from thence they have a fair Way, and fecurc 
from ,our Oppofition, and may imagine, that it 
will be no great Difficulty for them with fuch royal 
Provifions as they will bring, to force thofe flen- 
der Fortifications. We befeech your Lordfhips > 
to fend a large Provifion of Visuals and Muniti- \ 
on to Carlingford and Knockf^rgns j for we cannot 
by any other Way than that relieve Loughfoyle if 
it be diftreflcd, N either can her Majefty hazard 
any Lofs in thefc great Provifions, though we 
never ufe them ; for all Kind of Vi£buals may ;. 
be iflucd in this Kingdom with great Gain, and j 
cfpegially Corn, which we chiefly dcfirc 5 and for j 
Munition, it may be kept with Providence as a 
Store for all Occafijons. Thus hbwfoevcr it fall 
out, we {hall be inabled to make fuch a Profecu- 

' tionthis WinterinC(?»»^»gi&/andthe North, as in 
all reafon will end thefe Wars, if the Spaniards 
come not, and will leave this Province of Uljier 
in far greater Subje6tion, than ever any of her 
Majefty's Progenitors had it. And fince we ap-* 

Srehend, that Spain may make in this Country a 
angerous War for England^ we conceive that if 
not now, yet with his firft Ability, he will im- 
brace it, which makes us to have the greater De- 
fire (if it be poffible) to prevent his footing here for 
ever, and tnat (by God's Help) we hope to do 
before this next Summer, if we may be ^^^ab^s.4. 
this Winter to ruin ^wow ^T\d & DanniV, ^^^ 



194 Moryson'5 Hfjkrj BookIL 

have great need of loo Northern Horfes, for our 
Horfes here grow weak, and ill, and if your 
Lordfliips pleal'e to afford us that Number, we 
will fo handle the Matter, as it fhall be no In- 
creafe of the Lift. If the Spaniards come, wc 
muft have at the Icaft 300, and if they be Nor* 
thern Horfes, and Northern Riders, wc afliire 
our felves they will be much fitter for this Service^ 
than fuch as are lifually fent hither, who come 
with Purpofe to get Licence to return, and yet arc 
a greater Charge to her Majefty . But for the 
1 000 Foot we defired by ouy former Letters, we 
find their coming to be of that Neceffity, as wc 
muft be moft humble and earneft Suitors to your 
Lordfliips to fend them prefently : For our Com- 
panies are fo exceeding weak, and now decay fo 
faft, by the Extremity of the Weather, as'amuch 
greater Number -will not fupply us, but that the 
Checks will be as great as now they are,, and they 
little be feen amongft us, which gives us Caufe to 
wifh now, and humbly to move your Lordihips, 
to be pleafed to fend 1 000 Foot more foon after* 
The Reports here are fo uncertain, as until wc 
meet the reft of the Council at Trimj wc know 
not how the Pale ftands afFe£ted, upon this afTured 
Confidence of the Spaniards coming, only this 
we perceive, many of them are wavering, yet the 
Lords hereabouts, namely, Mac Gennis^ Turlogb 
Mac Henry ^ Ever Mac Coaley^ and 6 Hanlon^ keep 
with us, ilotwithftanding that Tyrone hath fent 

^ them Word, that hereafter it will be too late for 
them to make their Peace with him, if they do 
it not now upon this Occafion, and thcy aflurc 
us, as much as Men can do, that they will not 
fall again from their Obedience, though thereby 
their State be no better than Horfeboys. But of 
this we can give your Lordfhips no Aflurance, 
neither in them have we any extraordinary Con* 
fidence. It may further pleafe your Lordfliips to 

be advertifed, that the Lord ot Dunfany^ having 

the 



Chap.I, of IRELAND. 29; 

the Command of a Fort in the Brenny^ called Lif- 
canon (where we had placed certain Irijh Compa- 
nies, as fitteft to fpoil and wafte the Country 
thereabouts,) did lately draw moft of them into 
Mac Mabown^s Country, for the taking of a Prey, 
which they lighted on, (as is faid) to the Number 
of fome 1600 Cows : But in their Return, being 
hardly laid unto, (as fome of them fay, withve* 
ry great Numbers, yet as we have heard by fome' 
that Were prefent, not above 140,) they did not 
only*, lofc their Prey, but according to the Man- 
ner bf the Iriflf (who have no other Kind of Re^ 
tareat^fell to a flat running away to the Fort, fo 
as p«>or Capt. Efmond (who hacf the Command of 
the Clear, and very valiantly with a few made 
good the Place) was fore hurt, and afterwards 
taken Prifoner, and 40 or f o of our Side flain. 
We cannot learn that any EngUJh were among 
them, fo as we account our Lofs to be no more thaii 
the taking of the Captain, neither do the Rebels 
brag thereof, both becaufe they fcaped not free^ * 
lofing very near as many Men as w© did 5 and for 
that they knew they dealt but with their Coun-f 
t;rymen, who (as they do) hold it no ihame to* 
run, when they like not to fight, though we 
mean to call fome of ours to account thereof. And 
fo we moft humbly take leave. 

The 28th of Juguft^ his Lordfhip received two 
Letters from the Lord Prefident ot Munfter > the 
firft imported, that hearing that his Lordfhip had 
£ent into C9nnaugbt for Part of the Companies of 
the Munfter Lift to come into the North, he pray- 
ed to be excufed, that he had given contrary Di- 
reftions, upon fear of the Spaniards landing, and 
the Knowledge of 7'yrreVs Purpofe to come with the I 
banifhed Munftermeny and Aids of Northern Men 
out of Connaughty prefently to difturb the Province 
of Munfter^ and fignified, that now to manifeft his 
precifc ObcdicncjetohisLordfhip's Commands, ho 

T4 had 



t^6 Moryson'^ Hifiory BookIL 

had (enttbeinDirefkionsto march towards hisLord-^ 
ihip upon fight of his Letter, yet praying hisLord- 
Ihip to fend lome Part of them into iV/«»/?^r,- without 
which help he. could never keep the Fieldagainft 
^rrf/ and the provincial Fugitives at their iirttEn* 
try, nor upon the i$'/^^;fi^r^5 Arrival, give anylm*» 
pediment to their difpoiing of fiich Towns, as 
were recommended to nis fpecial Care, and afluring 
his Lordihip that the Spaniards had been feen at 
Sea, and that in his Judgment aikl hy vulgar re- 
port, it was likely they would make Delcent in 
Iprne part of Munfter, Laftly, advertifing that 
he had fent James the Suggon, pretended Earl o£ 
Defmond^ and Florence mac Carty the chief Brae- 
tifer with the Spaniards in thofe Parts) into Eni^ 
land. The id. Letter imported the Lord Prefi- 
4ent*s Recommendation (which by eftablifhed 
Courfe was effefkual) to his Lordlhip, for the 
grafting of her Majefty's Pardon for Lands, Lives 
wd Goods, to 5'4i Innabitants of Muskerry^ and 
other Parts in the County of Corky for which 
prefent Warrant was accordingly given. 
. The 2pth Day his Lordfhip came to Trim^ where 
the Counfellors coming from Dublin met him,' ac- 
cording to Appointment. Here they confultcd 
of the publick Affairs, more particularly how 
that Part of the Army within Leinfter^ might be 
employed to profecute Tyrrel^ fent by Tyrone to 
difturb that Province, and yet to be ready upon 
any fudden Occafion to make Head againft the 
foreign Enemy. And the Advertifements being 
daily multiplied, that the Spaniards were at Sea, 
it was concluded, that in regard th'efe Forces were 
not able to anfwcr both, or either the Ends a- 
forefaid, great Part of the Army in Uljier ihould 
be drawn down, and both Forces joined, ihould 
^ffiiil 7)rre/^ who came to infult over the Sub jefts, 
and to draw them to Rebellion, but cfpecially the 
late Submittics, whom by many Promifes and 

Threat* 



«. 



Chap.I. i?f IRELAND. %9r 

Thraitniflgs he had tempted to a Relapfc, but 

}>r^vailed not with them. And his I^ordfhip re- 
blved, by his Prefence to give a iharper Edge to 
this Service, till either he ihould be called, to 
affront the Spaniards {^anding, or to draw back 
into the North, if ihey landed not. 

The 5d. of Seftemhr his Inrordfhip and the 
Council here wrote unto the J^ords in England^ 
excufing that the extraordinary Expences had far 
paflcd the limited Sum of 6000 /. Yearly, which 
was for too little, for the Tranfportatioq of Vic- 
tuals, Carriage of Munition^ Charges and Im^ 
prefb to Vicbuallers, Rewards to MefTengers, 
and for .fpecial Services, making of Boats, and 
things of like Neceffity, apd the repairing of 
Caftles, Houies, Bridges, Fortsi, and all Build^ 
ings. In which laft Charge, they had not beea 
able fitly to repair Athlone Caftle, the Key of 
Cmnaugbty jQor the Caftles and Bridges of Gather^' 
iougb and Laugblitty and the Forts of Pbilipfiewn 
and Maryhur^^ being of great Confequcnce to 
curb the Traitors, and aflure the Subjects, and 
the Decay whereof would give the Rebels free 
PaiTage into manv Countries, befides our Diflion- 
our to negleQ; tnofe Place?, which the Wifdom 
of former times with great Policy planted > the 
great Charge of repairing whereof, appeared by 
the tranfmitted Certificates df Commilfioners ap- 
pointed to view thefe Places. And for thefeRea- 
Ions they befought her Majefty's Warrant, to 
leave this Charge to their Difcretion for a Time, 
without any Limitation, promiling not to enlarge 
the fame in any thing, which might be fpared, 
without apparent Prejudice to her Service, and 
giving their Opinion, that in this Time of the 
new Coin, thefe Places might be repaired with 
fmall Charge. Likewile they defircd to have great 
Store of Munition and Victuals fent over, and 

that 



19^ Moryson'5 Hiftory jBookll^ 

that prcfently, to prevent the ufual Contrariety of 
Winds after Michaelmas^ and all the Winter Sca-p 
fon. Laftly, they deiired to have the i coo Shot 
prefcntly ferit over, for which they had formerly 
Written J the Army conlifting in great Part of 
frijhj which could not be kept to live in Gamfon 
Inur of their own Country. And they advertifed 
the Lords , that divers of the Horfe at twelve 
Pence per diem had quit their Pay, being not a- 
ble to live thereupon in thoie dear times. 

The 3d. of September likcwife his Lordfhip rc-r 
ccived Letters from her Majefty, giving War* 
rant for the Pay of 2000 Men lent into Munftery 
being above the Eftablifhment. The fame Day 
his Lordfhip received Letters from Sir Robert 
Cecil Secretary, that the Spaniards were difcovcr-» 
cd near the Silly ^ and ^ he thought they would 
land at Umricky being 4f Sail, whereof 17 were 
Men of War, whereof fix were Gallions, the 
reft of 100, or 15*6 Tuns Burthen, and had in 
them ^000 Soldiers, praying his Lordfhip to 
iiemand fuch Supplies as he thought needful, and 
upon the Spaniards landing, to name the Places 
whether the Supplies fhould be fent, and afTuring 
his Lordfhip that the 2000 Men for Munjier'vcro 
already imb^rked. 

Thfc fame time his Lordihip received Letter; 
from the Lords in England^ importing her Ma-' 
jetty's Acceptance of his Service, with her Wil-r 
lingnefs and theirs to fend him needful Supplies, 
praying him to demand them timely, becaule be 
could hardly receive them from England in fix 
Weeks after the Demand, the Wind ftanding fa- 
vourable. Likewife profeffing that it is the Fault 
of the Commiflioners and Commiflaries for Vic- 
tuals, if there be any want thereof, fincc the 
Proportions required by them were arrived in /r^t 
land, as likewife that the Soldier made not fome 
part of Provifion for Victuals by Money (efpe- 

cially 



Ckap.I. e/ IRELAND. i^g 

cially in Parts near the Sea, and like Places, where 
Viftuals were to be bought), fince by thcfc great 
iPrpvifions of Vidtuals in England with Sterling 
Money, her Majefty loft the third Part of the 
Profit fhe hoped p make by the new Standard 
of Irelandy and which might be made, if Vi£tu- 
sis were provided by the Soldier in Ireland^ 
having Ml Pay in that mixed Money. Aifo ad- 
vertifmg, that her Majefty had fent tor Ireland v:> 
Lafts of Powder, with all Munitions in Propor- 
tion neceflary, half by Land, and (for fpairing 
of Carriage) half by Sea, praying that . Care 
might be had in ifTuing thereof, fince they were 
informed, that great wafte thereof had been 
formerly made, by the Irijh Bands, converting 
the Powder to their private Gain, and by the whole 
Army, under Pretence of her Majefty's Remittal- 
of i^owder fpent in fcrvicc (which had been de- 
fiiulked out of the Soldiers Pay, but was after 
held an hard Courfe, to punifh them for their 
good Dcferts), now charging upon her Majefty 
all wilful and fraudulent Confumptions of Powr 
der. Further fignifyitig, that Sir Henry Dockwra 
his foiling in correfpondency with his Lordfhip 
this Summer, for want of Match, was diftaftcr 
ful to them, hacl he not made amends by fur<* 
prizing of Donnegaly which would facilitate the 
planting of Ballifiannon. That her Majefty re- 
ferred the Grarrifon of Lough feyk wholly to bis 
Lordihip's DireAion, and the tranfponng any 
part thereof to the enabling of Sir Arthur Chh 
€hefier at Knockfergus , the charge of that Garri-r 
fon being exceeding burthenfome to her Majefty, 
by reafon that Cox^ft in Winter is fo fqbjcfl: tq 
Storms, and for that it was fupplicd with all Pro* 
vifions out of Englandhon^t with Sterling Mo- 
ney, and fmall Quantity of the IriJh mixed Mo- 
ney could be there iflued to any fuch Purpofe, in 
which Regard her Majefty wiihed that the Irijb 

in 



300 MorysonV Hifiory BookIL 

in thofe Parts (in whofe Service no Profit was found) 
ihould either be caft^ and Penfions of mixed Mo« 
tiey given to the chief Lords, or at leaft ihould 
receive no Vi£tuals out of the Store^ but have 
their foil Pay in that Standard^ to provide there<> 
with for their Companies. Touching f;he expcc* 
ted landing of the SfaniardSj their Lordihips be** 
ing of Opinion that thev would prefently land in 
Munfiffy advertifed his Lordfhip, that 2000 Men 
were imbarked for that Province, and tooo more 
fliould be ready withia 2.0 Days at the Sea-fide, 
to come where his Lordfhip ihould direft them. 
Touchins the exception above-mentioned which 
his Lordlhip had taKcn, that Part of the Officers 
ibr the Companies fent into Munfter were left 
to the Lord Prefident's Difpofal, and all the reft 
were bellowed in England^ their Lordihips ipro- 
fefled, th^t as in all Circxunilances of Honour 
and Contentment, they defired to refpeft his 
Lordihip, fo they prayed him to confider, that 
it ilood with the Reputation of a Council of 
State, to confer fome fuch Imployments, and 
keep Men of Quality at Court, to be upon all 
Occafions ufed in her Majefty's Service, wherein 
notwithftanding they had preferred few or none, 
who had not his Lordihip's Letters of Recom* 
mendations to that Board, and now referred them 
all to be continued or called at his Pleafure. Laft« 
ly, whereas their Lordihips were informed, that 
fome were apprehended in Ireland for coining of 
the new mixed Money, they fignified her Ma- 
jefty'« Pleafure, that tnofe Men mould be execu- 
ted, the rather to prevent the great Inconvenience 
might arife, in maintaining the exchange for 
fuch counterfeit Money, and otherwife. 



Thi 



Chap.I. tf/IRELANDi 3dig 

S^e 4tb of September bis l^ordjbip nvrotefrom Trinoi 
to Sir Robert CcciUhe following LeUer. 

' S IR^ 

AT my coming into thefe Parts, I found 
them not fo diftempered' as I was born in 
Hand I ihould, fo as I make no doubt at all, 
but if the Spamards do not come, I ihall be a* 
bie to give her Majefty a good Account of my 
Charge here^ and I am not out of hope, but 
rather of Opinion, iince they have flayed fo long^ 
that they will not come this Winter, though I 
defire not to lead you into that Conceit, nor omit 
not myfelf to provide for the worft may happen : 
And uierefbre have fent Mafter Marihal towards 
Leaxj with almoft looo Foot and fome Horfe, 
both to be near the Lord Prefident of Munjler^ 
for what may fall out that way, and to nrofecutc 
^yrrtl in the mean while, who with (ome zoo 
Rogues is gotten thither, and with the remain 
of the Moores^ Connors^ and their Followers, 
whom I could not cut off the laft Year, are all to- 

f ether drawn to be above 400. For Connaugbtj 
have appointed Sir Oliver Lambert^ with as 
many Companies as I can fpare him, until I may 
underftand her Majefty's further Pleafure, be* 
caufel know him to be very a£tive, and find a 
necefiity to employ fome Forces that way, fo long 
as the Brute of the Spaniards coming doth con- 
tinue J efpecially now, that ^ Donnel doth make 
his Refidence in that Province about SligOj and 
might otherwife do what he lift without Im- 
peachment. For my felf, I think it fitteft to flay 
hereabouts awhile, for from hence I may aptly 
draw towards Munfter or Connaught as need re- 

J[uires, or fall back towards the North, fo 
oon as we can gather any certainty of the Spa-^ 
niards not coming. And if we may be fupplied 

wltk 



302 Moryson'^ Hiftory Book It' 

with the looo Shot, fo earheftly deilred by our 
former Letters^ (and without wnich, our Foun^ 
dation will be in a manned overthrown), to 
ilrengthen the Englijh Companies here, (I %S\m 
you) grown exceeding weak, (other wife 1 would 
not put her JViajcft^ to that Chatge ) ^ 1 macke 
no doubt bui: we mall be abld to d6 her Majefty 
that Service there this W inters (thofe Ihot bc^ 
ing laiidcd at Carlingford or the Ntwry^ with the 
Vifttials, Munition, and other meaHscfeflred)^ that 
the Spaniards fhall not from thenceforth be able 
to get footings to do us any great AnJOoyance, 
cfpecially if it would t)lcafc you to prtfcurc for 
an Addition to the reft iob fhot to be fent for 
the fupplying of Sir Arthur Chicbefitr at Carrick* 
fergus : For from that Place we have difcover^ 
fuch an Entrance into thd Heart of Tyrone^ zs in 
all Likelihood will food liiin that Arch-traitor^- tf 
Sir Arthur may be enabled with Means, a$ from 
me he fhall not want what I can yield him. I 
have here inclofed fent a Note, that you may fee 
how the Garrifons afe planted North-wards, and 
who it ti that commands in each of them, in the 
abfence only of Sir Francis Stafford^ for he hadi 
the chief Command over them, as the hc&, mean 
to make them join upon all Occafionsof theSer* 
vice. 

The pth. of Septembef his Lordfhip received 
Advertifemcnt from the Lord Prefident, that the 
xooo Men dmbarked in England for Munfter^ were 
arrived. Part in Cork Harbour, Part at U^aterfard^ 
6t which Companies fome were left by the Lords 
of her Majefty's Council, in their I>ire£tions, to 
his Difpofal, but he left them to his Lordfhip's 
Pleafurc, knowing the Duty he ought to his Ge- 
neral. And whereas the Lords of the Council, 
in the fame Letters gave Dire6tions that the 
Foot Companies of the Lord Prefident and Earl 
of Tbomondy being each i f o, fliould be increafed 

each 



chap. I. »y Ireland; 303 

each to zoo, the Lord Prcfident avowed that it 
iras obtainea bj the faid Earl, joining him for 
Countenance or the Suit, altogether without his 
Privityi which he prayed bis Lordihip to be- 
lieve : For^fjncc his Lordfhip had promifed that 
Favour to him upon the firft Ocoafion, he prcr^ 
tefted that he never had any Thought to make fo 
needlefs a Reaueft in England. Therewith he 
fent his Lordmip the Lift of the faid Companies 
newly arrived, being 1400 under 14 Captains na-^ 
med in England j 100 for the Increase of the 
Lord Prefident's and Earl of TTbomond's Foot 
Companies^ and f 00 which he the Lord Prefix 
dent, by Virtue of the Lords Letters, (the Lord 
Deputy pleafing to gpive his Admiffion) ailigned 
to f Captains, oeing in all zooo Foot. 

His Lordihip having difpofed the Forces as is 
above-mentioned, and written from Tyrone to the 
Lord Prefident, deflring him to meet him upon the 
Borders of LHnfier^ meaning Kilkenny^ as the 
fittcft Place for that Meeting, took his Journey 
thitherward, and arriving at Kilkenny the 13th. 
of September^ the fame Night received Advcrtife- 
ment from the Lord Prefident, that the Spaniards 
were met at Sea, bearing for Ireland^ and therein 
(as he was informed) for Munfter^ fo that he cra- 
ved Pardon that he came not to meet his Lord- 
fhip, whofe Pleafure he conceived to be, that in 
this cafe he ihould not be abfent from thofe 
Parts, where the Enemies Defcent was expe£bed i 
and he further prayed his Lordfhip fo to faihion 
his Affairs in Leinfter and the iVbr/i&, as the Forces 
he meant to bring might be in readinefs $ withal 
protefting, that he ftayed only for a fecond Di* 
re£tion, which if he received^ he would come 
without Delay to his Lordihip. 

The 



304 MorysonV Hifiory BookIL 

^e next Day bis Lordjhip 'wrote the folltrwing Letter 
^^^/> Robert Cecil J her MiyHftfs Secretary 4 

SIR, 

HAV I N G left the Northern Bordcfs aii wcH 
guarded, as iti Providence I could^ the Com- 
mand whereof I left to Sir Jdhn Barkekjy and 
having fent SirOtiver Lambert intoConnaughttofet'^ 
tlethofe Parts, and Sir Richard fFingfield, the Mar* 
f ihal, into Leax to profecute I'yrrel with his Adhc* 
■ fence, I wrote to the Prefident of Munfter to meet 
mc about Kilkenny^ if he conveniently might, with 
ft Defire to eftabliih a full CorreHpondency tor the 
Refinance of foreign Forces, if they (hould anive, 
or other wife for making the Wars in all Parts this 
Winter, the rather, becaufe I know not how (for 
the prefent) Gallway^ and confecjuentlj AJberem 
(if it be planted), might be fupphed ot Munition 
and fome other Pro vifions, but out of, and by Mun^ 
fter*^ and further, my being in thofe Parts teeming 
to me of no fmall Purpoie, to divide the Bims 
and Cavenaghs from holding Intelligence or join- 
ing with Tyrrel^ and to nourifh the Overture I have 
lately entertained from O. M. S. the chief of the 
Moors^ to bring me Tyrrel alive or dead, which ke 
defires fliould pafs as a Secret between only me, 
himfelf, and d Moloy^ to whom he hath already 
given a Pledge to perform it. Now that I might 
not difinable any of the Forces I am come to Kit* 
kenny only accompanied with fome 60 Horfe, 
without any one Commander or Captain of the 
Arr/ V, having left them all with Commandment to 
be refident on their Charge 5 only when I came 
near Matter Marlhal, I fent to confer with him, 
being before accompanied with none of the Coun- 
cil but only Sir Robert Gardiner^ chief Juftice. 
As I entered into Kilkenny I received Intelligence 
from the Lord Prefident of the Spaniards being at 

Sea, 



i 



( 



Scaf and returned his MefTenger^ defiling him not 
to ftir flrdm his Charge, but to advertife me often 
of Occiirrents ^myfdf purpofe to retuin jirefently to 
Catberiogb (whether under the Colour to profecutcJ 
Tyrreli I will draw ai many of the Forces as I can 
to employ them in the mean time, and to be ready 
to answer fuch Occafions as ihall &11 out in Mun-' 
fter) that being (as things ftand) the Placd beft to 

f;ive Dire&ion td all Parts; and to afliird the moit 
an^erou^. Now^ Sir^ what I fhould defire or 
advife froni hence, on (o great a fudddn, as I think 
it fit tQ make this Difpatch, and in fo great a 
Matter^ I am riot very confideritj but propound 
to your much better Judgment what I think firft 
ana fitteft to be thought of j that it may pleafe 
the Lordd to fend over the iooo M^n, by their 
laft Letters figriified to me to be at Cbejier^ with 
all Expedition, iooo of them to Carting f or d^ the 
other to Dublin 3 tbefd I intend to thruft into o- 
ther Companies^ to make them full (if I can) to 
a man^ whereby the Quedn (hall be fcrved with all 
their Bodies^ and yet her Lift no Way increafed, 
nor other Charge but Tranfportation. 1 defire fa 
many^ at the leaft^ may bd fent td Cartingford^ 
becaufe I am confident that it is the beft Council, 
whether the Spaniards land 01^ no^ to ftrengthcrt 
that Part of the Army which will be able toaflurd 
the Pale th^t Way, and to ruin the Northern Re- 
bels, in fuch Sort, that it fhall not be in thd Po^er 
of foreign Force -to make them live, and if thd 
worft liapp^n^ they be thereby enabled to cdmd 
off to usj if we fend for them, where now they 
Cannot except we fetch them. In general j For 
fuch a War Vou muft fend great Magazines of 
Munition and Vi&uals^ and when you refolvdhow 
many Mdn you will fend, or have fent, the Pro- 
portion will \>6 eafily caft up by fuch Minifters as 
you have there iii thofe Kinds. The beft Place 
for the greateft Quantity will htDubkn^ for from 
Vol. I. U thence 



3 otJ M 6 R y s 6 N^5 Hifiory Book II. 

thence wc may find Means to tranfport what other 
Places Ihall have need of, except the War be in 
Connaughtj for then only from Limrick and Gapway 
all our Provifions muft come, and in Connaugbf I 
chiefly expe£t the Spaniards firft Dcfcent, yet there 
with moft Difficulty can front them with any War 
hcioxt Gallway^ or jftblone ((rom Limrick) be tho- 
roughly f upplied with Provifions : If foreifi;n 
Force do not arrive, thefe Provifions will not oc 
loft 5 for this Winter 6 Donnel muft be forced out 
of Connaugbf^ or elfc he will get there what he 
hath loft in Tyrcomel^ and fo this Winter wc 
muft do our Endeavour to do the like in l/lfter to 
ruin Tyrone^ which is a Work of no fmall Diffi- 
culty, but of fo great Confequcrice, that I am 
pcrfuaded it would not only turn the Profeffions 
of this People, but even their Hearts, to her Ma- 
jcfty's Obedience j for fuch as love Tyrone will quit 
their AfFeftions when the Hope of his Fortune 
fails, and fuch as do not, their Dependency on 
him will fall when their Fear of his Greatnefs Ihall 
be taken away> for believe me, Sir, I obferve in 
moft (if I be not much deceived) of the Irijb re- 
claimed Lords, great Defire to continue Subje£ks,if 
they might once fee appearance of defence, though, 
pctchance, not fo much out of their honeft Dif- 
pofitions as the Smart they yet feel of a bitter Pro- 
iecution. If you hear that foreign Powers in any 
great Numbers are arrived, you muft refolve to fend 
at the leaft 200 Horfc out of England^ and 2000 
Men more well armed, for you muft believe. Sir, 
that then it will not be the War of Ireland^ but 
the War of England made in Ireland. If we beat 
them both Kingdoms will be quiet, if not,, even 
the beft in more Danger than I hope ever to live 
to fee. If you provide us more Men when wc 
fend you Word that the Spaniards are landed, wc 
will write whether we defire they fliould be lent j 
howfocver, I prefumc her Majefty fhallnot re- 
pent 



Chap.L ^/IRELAND* 307 

pent the putting over fo many Men hither, for 
we hope to eafe the Charge in the fhortnefs df 
the Work : If this Aid arrive not here, and if any 
foreign Force arrive in England^ (the which we 
gather by fome Intelligence may be), then if you 
lend hither new Men to aflure Places fit to be 
Icept^ we may bring you over old Soldiers and 
Captains^ z or 2000, which I will undertake ihall 
ftrike as good Blows as loooo ordinary Men. I 
have made fome of the Subje£ks lately reclaimed^ 
and in thefe times fufpefted, put themjelves in 
filood already fince my coming hither \ for even 
now I hear my Lord Mountgarrefs Sons have killed 
fome of the Clancbeeres and fome of TyrfeVs JPol- 
lowerS) fince I contefted with their Father about 
fomewhat I had heard fufpicious of them. Sir, I 
will again advertifc you of our Affairs here very 
ihortly, and defire you now to pardon my Hafte, 

From Kilkenny Tour mofi affured Friendly 

this 141b of 
Sept. 1601. to do Tou Service^ 

MoUntjoy, 

)Iis Lordihip f etuiMed from Kilkonny to Gather* 
iogbj where he difpofed the Forces to anfwer the 
Service in thofe Parts of Leinfter 5 thence he 
wrote to the Lord Prefident to meet him fome 
time at Kilkenny^ if poffibly he dould > and with* 
in few Days hearing that the Lord Prefident, having 
left Sir Charles Wilmot with the Forces at Cork^ 
was on his Joiu-ney towards him, \m Lordfhip part- 
ed from Catberlogh^ and the niilteenth of September 
met him at Lau^lin^ whence thciy rode together to 
Kilkenny. 

It % Before 



308 MoRTSON^x fftjiory Bookll. 

^ Before I proceed further, I will briefly 

**^'^' add the Affairs of Munjier till this time, 
colle£tcd out of the Lord Prefident's Letters. The 
fettling of Peace in the Year 1600 was interrupted 
by the AUarum of a Sfanijb Invaiion generally 
given in the Beginning of this Year itfoi : And 
m the Month ofjpril^ the Munfier Rd>el8^ which 
fled the kft Year into Conmugbt and Ulfier^ at« 
tempted again to return into Munfier having been 
ftrerigthened by Tyrone^ but the Lord Pirfident 
fent Capt. Flower with 1000 Foot to the Con« 
fines, and thefe Forces of Munfier on the one Side^ 
and Sir John Barkely with the Connaugbt Forces oii 
the other Side, fo purfued them, as the fame 
Month they were forced to break and return into 
Ulfier : Florence Mac Carfy^ notwithftanding h]s 
Prote6bion, had procured the fending of the faid 
Rebels out of the North,andbe(ides many rebeUiouj 
'Praftices, about thisTimeladeda Bark with Hides 
which fhould bring him Munition from foieign 
Parts.TheLordPrelidcntceafcd not to lav continual 
Plots to apprehend the titulary Earl or Defmtmd^ 
and having often driven him out of his lurking 
Dens, (in which Service the Lord Barry y having a 
Company in her Majefty's Pay, did noble Endea- 
vours,) at laft the Lord Prefident underftanding 
that he lurked in the white Knight*s Country, his 
Lordfhip did fo exafperate him with Fear of his 
own Danger, as in the Month of May he took 
him Prifoner and brought hinj to Cork^ where he 
was condemned for Treafon, to intitle the QoecQ 
H in his Lands, and for a time kept Prifoner there* 



■\ 



in 



Chap.t «/ IRELAND. jo^ 

In the Month of June the Lord Prefident received 
this gracious Litter from the ^een^ written with 
her own Hand. 

My faithful George^ 

IF ever more Service of Worth were performed 
in ihorcer Space than you have done^ we are 
deceived among many Eye-witnefles : We have 
received the Fruit thereof and bid you faithfully 
credit that what fo Wit, Courage, or Care may 
do, we truly find they have all been throughly 
a6l:ed in all your Charge ^ and for the fame believe, 
that it ihall neither be unremembred nor unre- 
warded I and in the mean while believe, my Help 
tior Prayers fl^ never fail you. 

Your Sovereign 

V that heji regards you^ 

E. R- 

In the Beginning of July the Lord Prefident 
advertifed the Lord Deputy, that according to his 
Dire&ions he would prefently fend into Connaugbt 
1600 Foot and fo Horfe of the Munfter Lift, 
though upon good and frefh Intelligences, the 
Arrival of Spaniards was daily expend in that 
Province, and the Forces remaining with him, 
were not fufficient to guard Kinfale^ Waterford^ 
Toughal^ Killmallochy Limrick^ and Cork^ (the la(t 
whereof, according to his Lordfhip's Dire&ions, he 
would have Care fpecially to ftreocthen) : that he 
had given the chief Leader of the laid Forces, Sir 
Francts Barkely^ Direction to return to him upon 
his Letter, if her Majcfty's Service in his Opinion 
ihould require it, praying the Lord Deputy to al^ 
low of tms Direi^ion, unce he meant not to re* 

U J cal 



jia MoRYSON^f Hifiory BoofcIJj 

cal them but upon fuddcn Revolt of the Provin- 
cials, or Arrival of Spaniards: that the Prifoner,. 
ufurping the Title of Earl of Defmondy and many 
other Evidences niade manifefl:, that the Rebels of 
Uljier^ and efpecially the Spaniards^ did moft rely • 
upon the Help of the faia Prifoncr and Florence 
JMac Carty^ vrhich Florence^ though protefted, had 
^(Tured them * of his bell Aid, and had prevailed 
in a Council, held in tflfter^ that the Spaniards 
ihould .land at of near Cork *, and that hereupon 
he the Lord Prefident had apprehended Florence^ 
and fent him, together with the faid Earl, Prifb- 
ner into England^ where they were f^fe in the 
Tower, which being in time known to the Spa^ 
piardSy might perhaps divert their InvAfion of 
Ireland. And no doubt the laying Hand on thele 
two i^rfb-rebels rnuch advanced her Majefty's Ser-» 
vice in the following Invafion, whereby the Lord 
Prefident defervedly won great Reputation. Thu$ 
much I have briefly noted to the time abovc-mcn-» 
tioned, when the llord Deputy wrote to the Lord 
Prefident to meet him on the Confines of Mun^ 

e^r. 

Thev meeting (as I faid) zt Laugh- 
S'th^SlS ^'^^ ^^^^ together to Kilkenny^ where 
lirds. ^ ' ^^^ ^^^^ ^^y ^^ September they fat in 

Council with the Earl of Ormond and 
^he reft of the Council, with Purpofe, fo foon as 
they had refolved of the meeteft Courfe for the 
prefent Service, to return to their feveral Places 
of Chj^rg?. But the fam^ Day News came by 
Poft, (for Poflrs'were newly eftablifhed for the 
fame purpofe) that a Spanijh Fleet was difcovercd 
near the old Head of Kinfale^ whereupon they 
determined to ftay there all the next Day, to have 
more certain advertifement thereof. The 2 3 d Day 
another Poft rame from Sir Charles JVilmot^ adver-? 
tifing the Spanijh Fleet to be come into the Har- 
bour of Kinfahj and it was agreed in Council that 

the 



Chap.i; of IKHLAJ^D: 311 

the Lord Prcfidcnt fliould return to Cprk^ and the 
Lord Deputy, for countenancing of the Service in 
Munfier^ Ihould draw to Clommel and gather fuch 
Forces as he could prefently draw to Kinfale^ no- 
thing doubting but that this Forwardnefs (how- 
foever otherwife th^ Army, neither for Numberj? 
of Men, nor Sufficiency ot Provifion, was fit to 
undertake fuch a Task) would both cover their 
many Dcfefts from being fpy'd by the Country, 
and for a while, at the leaft ftop the Current ot 
that general Defeftion of the Irijhy which wa3 
vehemently feared : This was refolved in Council 
^fter the Lord Prefident had given them Comfort 
to find Viftuals and Munition at Cork j for at firft 
they were not fo much troubled to draw the For- 
ces thither, ^ fuddenly to bring Victuals and Mu-^ 
Action thither for them. But wjieri they under?- 
Aood that his Lordfhip had fed the Soldiers all 
Summer by Cefs, and preferved her Majefty*? 
Store of Viduals which they thought to be 
wafted, they were exceeding joyful of thi§ N^ws^ 
and not without juft Defert, highly pommended 
the Lord Prefidcnt's provident Wifdom in the faid 
moft in^portant Service to the State. 

^e fume J)ay they wrote thefe Letters ta the Lord$ 

in pngland. 

// may pkafe your LordJfnpSy 

TH E Spanijb Fleet, fo long expeftcd by the 
Rebels here, is now in the Harbour or jST/w- 
fale or Cork^ as it ms^y appear unto your Lordfhips 
for a Certainty by the Copies of thefe incloled 
Letters from Sir Charley fTilmot and the Mayor of 
Cifrk^ which is as njuch News as we have yet re-^ 
ceived, fo as we cannot judge whether this be th^ 
whole Fleet fet out of Spain^ or whether Part 
thereof is coming after to them, or bound for any 
other Harbour, only we have fome Rcafon to thin^; 

U 4 ' (the 



Jit MoRy son's Hifioty Boole It^ 

(■the Weather falling out of late exceeding ftormy 
and tempefluqus) that all the Ships could very 
hardly keep together, and the Report was, the 
whole Number were at leaftjo. We are now to 
be carneft Suitors to your J^ordihips, to fupply us 
with all things needful for To weighty an A^ftion, 
and fo foeedfly as poffibly it may be. The two 
thoufana Foot, already (as we conceive) a^: Cbefter^ 
we ijpw defire may prcicntly be fcnt to W^terfmrd 
^nd neitiier to Car ling ford nor Dublin^ « I^^ the 
Deputy, thought fittelt in my laft Difpatch, wlieii 
I meant to have iifed them in the Worth), two 
thoufand more ^t the Icaft had rteed come foon after 
unto Cork^ if it be not inveftqd before plieir coming^ 
but if it bcjj their landing muft then beat ^^^* 
/jxri or Toughaly and with thqn 9^ liorfc wiU 
be as few, as we conceive, we have reafon to de^ 
mand^ and therefore expefb both the one and tbe 
Other fo fooq as may be j alfojj Munition and Vi£hia^ 
piuft be fent for tpn thoufand Men, to dome lifcc- 
wife to Waterford (unlcfs your Lordfhips hear 
from us to the contrary), for if in thofe two 
Kinds we be r^ot royally fupply'd, Men and Mo- 
ney will ferve us to little i?urpofe, with all which 
we recommend to your Lordihip's Confideration 
whether it were not fit to fend fome Part of hsx 
Majefty's Navy to lie upon this Coaft, as well to 
^iflurc the Paffage by Sea, as to attempt fomething 
Vpon the S^anifi Shipping. Thus having briefly 
fet down our Requcfts as fparingly as we may <io, 
the Danger confidcred, we think it not imperti- 
iicnt to acquaint your jlordfliips with the Caufc o£ 
our Meeting here and Purpofes. We thought fit 
upon the Expeftation of thefe foreign Forces, bc- 
torq we held it of any Ccitainty, to- confer with 
the Lord Prefident of Munjie'r^ andto confult upon 
the general Difpofal of the Forces of this King- 
dom how to make the War upon their Arrival, 
^yhich we could hardly do without being thoroughr 



4y infiormcd by him of the State of that Province^ 
and what Means of Viftual, Munition, and odhcr 
Prpvifions we fliould find there, if we Ihould 
iww the Army thither, or from thence were 
driven tq make the War in Cvnnatigit^ where wc 
^und it would be of exceeding great pifficulty^ 
unleii we might have good Hdp8 out of Munfter. 
For thfs Purpofe meeting at this Place ^pon il/off? 
•day this 21ft of phis prdent, |:he next Day while 
we wei^ in Copfultation came the firft of thde 
JLettcrs from the Mayor of Cnrk^ ^(Turing us of the 
Jbifcovery of the Fleet xicar the oldHead o£Kim^ 
fdle^ bfit whether Friends or Enemies he then knew 
not, but that being n^de certain by the reft of the 
Letters that c^me fince, we prefentlv grew to this 
Kefolution, that the Prelident fliould return with 
all Speed poflible, though before he left the Pro* 
vince he took Order to the uttermoft that could 
be done in Providence, as well to fettle the famcj 
as to defend all Places likeliefl; to be invaded $ ana 
we concluded, that I, the Deputy, Ihould draw 
ibrward as far as Clomml to be near the chiefeft 
Brunt of the War, and upoq the prefcnt Appre- 
henlion of all things there, to give Dire6tions to 
the reft of the Kingdom, and yet to omit no Occa- 
JSons againU the Invafion, whilft the Marfha| 
drew up as many of the Forces to me, as he can 
with beft Convenicncy and Expedition : For fincc 
the 200O, fuppofed to be at Chefier^ came not to 
Carlingford and Dublin in time to fupply the Comr 
pjuiies jNorthward, that they might have gone oa 
with their Profecution, we have now refolvc^ to 
leave no more in thofe Parts than are fufficient to 
keep the Garrifon-pl^ccs, becaufc we hold it to 
be to no purpofe until her Maicfty fend hither 
greater Forces, though we are ftill of Opinion it 
were the beft Courfe to proceed there, if her Ma-r 
jcfty would be plcafed to enable us, for otherwifc 
it cannot be looked for but that weih^lgoback^ 

vard 



* 

'^14 MoRvsoN'f Hifiory Bookll^ 

ward greatly in this Bufinefs. Thus being confix 
dent your Lordihips will be careful otus, wc 
take this to be iufScient upon this fudden, iince 
what is any Way neceflary or fit for us is to your 
Lordfhips, in your Wifdom and Experience, beft 
known, and fo we do moft humbly take leave^ 
with this Afluraace, that we will leave nothing 
unperformed that may give true Tcitimony to the 
World that wc value our Duty to our moil graci^* 
ous Sovereign, and tender the Prefervation of this 
her Kingdom, committed to our Gharee (as we 
know we ought), before pur Lives and Livings^ 
and doubt not but to give her Majcfty a very goQ4 
Accoimt of all our Doings. 

jRr<w» Kilkenny Tour Lord/hip's 

z^dof Sept^ 
1601. mpft bufably tg command ^ Scc^ 

Si^d by the Lord Deputy 
and Council. 

The Z4tb Day his Lordjhip "wrote this following 

Letter to Mafier Secretary. 

SIR, 

ID I D ever think, that if any foreign Force 
fbould arrive, it would be doubtful for me tp 
lay my Finger on any found Part of all this King* 
dom, which if our Supplies h^d come in time, to 
have left the Northern Garrifons ftrong, we 
might it) fome good lort have provided for, hixc 
now my Refolution is this, to bend my fclf as 
fuddenly as I can againft thefe foreign Forces. If 
we beat them, let it nof trouble you, though you 
hear all Ireland doth revolt, for (by the Grace of 
God) you fliall have them all return prefently 
with Halters about their Necks : If we do not, 
all Providence bellowed on any other Place is 
v^. Till I know more particularly in how ma<- 



Chap.L fl/lRELAND- 31^ 

ny Places they have made their Defcent, I cannot 
write much j but for the prefent I apprehend a 
World of Difficulties^ with as much Comfort a$ 
ever poor Man did, becaufe I have no wa fair Oc- 
cafion to (hew how prodigal I will be of my Life, 
in any Adventure that I ihall find to be for the 
Service of my dear Miftrefs, unto whom I am 
confident God hath given me Life to do accepta- • 
ble Service, which when I have done, I will fing 
Nunc dimtttis. This Day I cxpefl: to receive Light 
and further Ground to write more at large, and 
being now ready with the Prefident to take Horfe, 
whole Fortune and mine {hall now be one, I leave 
you to God's continual Bleffings, in hafte, Kil^ 
kenny^ the 24th of September^ 1601. 

The fame Day Matter Marfhal was difpatchcd 
into the Pale, to draw the Companies thereabouts 
towards Munfter^ and to procure from the Coun- 
cil at Dublin all Things neccflary for that Bufinefs. 
Sir Henry Dover s was fent for the Companies about 
Armagh^ and Sir John Barkely had Direction to 
bring other Companies that were laid about the 
Navan. And the Lord Deputy the fame Night 
rode to Kiltenan^ a Caftle ana Dwelling of the 
Lord of Dunboyney being a great Day*s J ourney, 
where he was aflured that the Spaniards were land- 
ed and entered into Kinfale, The 2f th his Lord- 
fhip rode to Chnmell^ where Sir Nicholas Waljb^ 
one of the Council, came to him, and there it 
was refolvcd, his Lordihip fhould go on to Cork^ 
and fo to proceed as there fliould be Caufe. The 
26th his Lordfhip rode to Glonowre^ the Lord 
JHocbeh Caftle. The 27th his Lordfhip rode from 
Glonowre to Cork^ accompanied with the Lord 
Prefident, Sir Robert Gardener^ and Sir Nicholas 
ff^aljh^ Counfellors. 

The 28th Day his Lordfhip was advertifed by 
a Scot^ coming from Lisbon^ that the Spaniards 
fent to Kinjak^ were 6000 in Number, com- 
manded 



3i6 MoRYsoN'f Hiftorj BookH,' 

manded b^ Don Jean de V Aguila^ who had beea 
General in Britain^ that looo of (hem fcattere4 
byTcmpcft, were unce arrived at jB^Z/w^rtf. That 
(hey were dire£):ed to Kinfak^ with Promife of 
ereat Succours by the pretended Earl oiDefmoni^ 
ktely taken and lent into England^ and by Florence 
mac Cartyy whom the Lord Prefident upon Sufpi* 
cion had lately t^ken, and in like fort fent Prifb- 
ner into England. That the Spaniards gave out, 
that as foon as they could have Horfes from Tyrone^ 
<;and other Irijb Rebels, in which Hope they had 
brought 400, (or as after wgs credibly advertifed 
x6oo Saddles,) they would keep the Field, and 
therefore would not fortify at Kinfakj and that ' 
upon the Revolt of this Country, the King of 
Sfain meant from thefe Parts to invade England. 

Whereupon the fame 28 th Day the Lord De« 
fnity refolved in Council, th^t Letters fhould be 
written into England^ that it wa9 given out, the 
fSpamards in Munfter were 6000, and that of cer- 
tain they were f 000 commanded by Don Jean de 
V jtguilay whereof 3000 were arrived in KinfaJe^ 
and the Vice- Admiral SiriagOy (for Don Diego de 
Braftinoj was Admiral of the Fleet,) with four 
other Ships fcattercd by Tempeft, were arrived a( 
Baltimore. That no Irijh of Account had rcpair-r 
cd to them, excepting fomc Dependants of FlO'^ 
rence mac Carty^ (6£ whofe Imprifonment the Sfa^* 
niards had not heard before their landing,) who 
was the Pcrfuader of their coming to that Port. 
That to keep Rebels from joining with them, it 
behoved us prefently to keep the Field. That it 
was requifitc to fend fome of the Queen's Ships, 
who might prevent their Supplies, and give Safe* 
ty to our Supplies, both out of England ^i^iroTXX 
Coafl to Coait, and might bring us to Cork Ar^ 
tillery for Batlery, with Munition and Vifhials. 
Like wife to write prefently for 300 Northcrp 
Horfe, and for the 200Q Foot at C^e^/^j and 2000 

more, 



ChapJ- o/IRELAND. 317^ 

more. To write for. 6 Pieces of Battery, the 
biggefi; to be Demi-Cannon for the Field, with 
Carriages and BuUets. To certify the Lords that 
Artillery could not be brought from Dublin^ be- 
cauie the Irijb Ships had not Mafts and Tackle 
ihrong enough to take them in and out, (befides 
that, Eafterly and Northerly Winds only fcrving 
to bring them, were rare at this Seafon of the 
Year }) and that the greateft Pieces in Munfter lay 
unmounted on the Ground. And laflly, to write 
for Powder for fooo Shot, and for <; Pieces of 
Battery, (which muft be fome 60 laft,) and for f o 
Tun of Lead, with like Quantity of Match, and 
f 000 Pioneers Tools. 

The fame Day his Lordfhip was by Letters ad- 
vertifed, that a Fryar, in a Soldier's Habit, was 
difoatched from Kinfak the 24th of September ^ and 
paued through Clommell^ naming himfelf James 
Flemming^di from thence went to Jf^aterferd^whcte 
he abode few Days, and named himfelf JRicbard 
Galloway. That he had Bulls from the Pope^ 
with large Indulgences to thofe, who ihould aid 
the Spaniards^ (lotit by the Catholick King, to 
give the IriJb Liberty from the Enj^ijb Tyranny, 
and the Exercife of the true old Apoftolick Ro- 
man Religion,) and had Authority to excommu- 
nicate thofe that fhould by Letters, by Plots, or 
in Pcrfon join with her Majefty, (whom the Pope 
had excommunicated, andtheieby abfolved all her 
Subjefb from their Oath of AUeeiance.) That 
every general Vicar in each Dioc^ had Charge 
to keep this Secret till the Lord Deputy was paf- 
fed to Cark^ when he aflurol them, his Lordihip 
ihould either in a general Defe£tion not be able 
tounderftand thcfe Inroceedings, or hearing thereof 
fhould be fo employed, as he mould have no Leifure 
to prevent them. That he gave out, the Spaniards 
at Kinfak were loooo, belides 2000 difperfed by 
Temped, which were landed at Baltimore^ having 

Trcafure, 



3iS Morysok'5 Htfiory Bookll. 

Treafure^ Munition, and Vifkuals for two Ycaw, 
And that Tyrone would prcfcntly come up to affifl: 
•thdm at Kinfale^ and to fiirniih them with Horfes,' 
which they otily expefted from him^ and had 
brought Saddles and Furniture for them. Laftly, 
Advice therein was given to his Lordfhip to write 
to the corporate Towns and chief Lords^ not to 
believe thefe fd^ulous Reports, but to uke Ad« 
vice (not given out for tear of their Defe&ion, 
but only for their Good) to continue loyal Subje6b. 

The ipth his Lordfhip with the Lord Preudcnt 
and the above named Coxmfellors^ took feme 
HorTe for Guard, and rode to view the Town 
and Harbour of Kinfale^ and the Spaniards Fleet^ 
that upon that View, they might refolve of the 
fitted Place for our Camp to uit down by them. 
They found the Spaniards poflcfTed of the Town, 
and the greatefV Part of their Shipping to have 
put to Sea for Spain^ (for of 34 ohips arriving 
there, only iz now remained in the Harbour^ 
feme of the other being lately put out, and thea 
feeii under fail^) fo as they faw there was no more 
to be donCj till our Forces Ihould be arrived out 
of the North and Leinfier^ and we enabled from 
England to keep our felves from breaking, srftcr 
we fliould take the Fidd. 

The I ft of OSober his Lordfhip and the Coun* 
cil here, wrote to the Lords in England^ accord- 
ing to the Projefl: refolved on the z8th of Sep* 
tember^ Further befeeching their Lordfhips to 
pardon their eameft writing for Munition and 
Viftuals, though great Proportions of them were 
already fent, and that in refpeft the Magazines 
formerly appointed for the beft, when the Place of 
the Spaniards Defccnt was unknown, were fo far 
divided, as we could not without great Difficul- 
ties make ufe of them in thefe Parts, and at this 
time, when for the prefent the Spaniard was Ma- 
iler of the Sea, and the Queen's Forces being 

drawn 



Chap.L 0/ IRELAND. 319 

drawn towards Kinfak^ the Rebels might cafily 
intercept them by Land, but efpecially for that 
great Ufe might be made of thofe Provifions in 
the very Places where now they were, if Tyrone 
come into Munfier with his Forces, as no doubt 
he would, namely, the Magazine at Limrick would 
ferve excellently for the Profecution formerly in- 
tended, and after to be made in Connauiht^ though 
by Sea or Land they could not be brought to 
Cark^ without great Difficulties and Dangers. 
Adding that for the prefent, the Lord Deputy 
was forced to draw moft of the Forces of the 
North into Munfier^ leaving only the Forts guard- 
ed, and fo the Pale was not able to defena it felf 
againft Tyrone^ whereas he hoped to have been 
enabled both to continue the Profecution in the 
North, and alfo to beiiege the Spaniards at one 
and the fame time, whereof yet he did not alto- 

S;ether defjpair, fo as their Lordfhips would fpee- 
ily furniih fuch things, as were earneftly defired 
by them : For the Good of the Service, being 
confidently of Opinion, that the only Way to 
make a fpeedy End of the Rebellion, and as quick 
a Difpatch of the Spaniards out of Ireland^ was 
to make the War roundly both in the Nortb^ and 
in Munfier at one time. Alfo advertifing that the 
Spaniards (as they for certain heard) brought with 
them not only 1600 Saddles, upon the Rebels 
Promifc of Horfe, but alfo great Store of Arms 
for the common People, upon hope they had jgi- 
ven them of their genei-al Revolt j and humbly 
praying their Lordfhips, that in regard our great- 
eft Strength and Advantage confided in our 
Horfes, they would caufe a thoufand Quarters of 
Oats to be fpeedily fent for Cork^ without which 
Store, our Horfes were like to flarve within a 
fhort time, and in cafe they approved the Profecu- 
tion in the North to be continued without In- 
termiflion, then they would be pleafed to fend 

the 



^ id Wok Ys qnV Hifiory fiooJt IL 

the like Quantity of Oats to be kq)t in Store at 
CarHngford. Laftly, praying their Lord&ips to 
fend iuther a Mafter-Gunner^ with 6 Canoniers. 

S2# td 9f 0£^ober^ his Lardjbip wrote ibis fottrm* 
ing Letter to Mafter Sesntary. 

ID O think wd ihall find thefe Fo±es dut of 
Spain to be above 40005 abundantly providol 
m^ith Munitiofl, Artillery^ and Anils (beiKlcs their 
own Ufe,) to arm the Country People^ great Store 
of Treafurc, and of all Vifhials but Flcfh. AU 
the Chiefs that are in Rebellion, and all the loofe 
Sword-men, will pteicntly uke thdr Parts. The 
JLofds that we have reclaimed if we d6 not de- 
fend them from Tyrone^ muft and t^ill retiirh unto 
him. Upon the firft godd Countenance the Spa'- 
nifit Army ihall make, I tear me, many will de^ 
clare themfelves for them, but upon the flrfl: Blow 
we fliall receive (from the which I hope God will 
preferve us,) I doubt there wbiild fell out a gene-* 
ral Revolt. The Commander of the Spanifi Ar- 
my is one of the greateft Soldiers the King of 
Spain hath, the Captain under him are moft an-^ 
tient Men, their Bands, fome out of Baly^ fome 
from the Terceraes^ and few Bifonioes. They ai'c 
fpecially well armed, all their Shot (as I heard) 
Muskets, they have brought 1600 Saddles, ana 
Arms for Honemen, of light Shot, whereof they 
make account tobe provided in /r^Ai^i, andfo may 
they be, as well as in any Part of Chriftettdomj 
and likewife to have Hories for their Saddles, but 
therein I think they will be deceived. There are 
not yet come unto us any other Forces, but fuch 
as only I found in this Province. Upon the Ar- 
rival of the firft Troops (which I look for hourly) 
we {hall fend you Word of feme good Blows that 
will pafs between us, for I rodan to dwell clofe by 

them 



dhap.i. «/ Ireland; 311 

them (by the Grace of God) to put them to it. 
Sir, the King of Spain hath now oegun to invadd 
her Majefty's Kingdoms^ if only to put Ireland 
in general Commotioii, nehath chdfen theworft 
Place, if to do that, and to lay 1 fudden Founda- 
tion for the War of Et^landj the beft : If he hath 
been deceived in slny Expedation h^re, the State 
of Spain mull ndw iilake good the Error, and 
doubtlefs is ingaged to fupply all Defe£ks. The 
Commodity 'that is oflFerm linto her Majefly is, 
that Ihe may fooner prevent than Spain provide : 
Nowj as her Maiefty's faithful Workman, I am 
bold to propound in iny own Task, that it may 
pleafe her to fend prefently good Part of her Royal 
Fleet, and with tndii fudn Prbvifioiis for Battery 
as we did wfitd for, and at the leaft fd many Horfe 
and Foot as by 6ur Lfetter we have fued for, with 
Viftuals and Munitions in Abundance for them. 
It will be fit that this Winter there be 1 iharp. 
War niadc itx tllfter^ which will ke6p the Spaniard 
froth ally important Sucdour^ aiid riiiti for ever* 
the Ti^aitors, if the War be tUtSII fdllbwed. If 
it b6 tiiadi by the fcveral Govemdrs, the Effedt 
^xM not be fo great : If you will have it perfor- 
med thoroughly, you muft nlake one Governor of 
all Ulfier^ and the fitteft Man that can be chofen 
in England or Ireland is Sit Arthur Cbichejler, If 
you refolve on that Courfe, from him Voii nluft 
continally receive his Demands, only bf the loo 
Horfe we did write for, it were good he had lent 
him dut of the North ibo. For Foot, if you 
fend him out of England to fupply the Compa- 
nies at Lougbfoyle arid KnockferguSj above our Pro- 
portion, it will be much better t For Armagh and 
thofe Parts {hall receive from us. This Courjfc I 
hope will foon make an End of the War in Ire^ 
land^ of Spain in Ifeldnd^ atid perchance 6f Spain 
for a long time with England. I doubt not but 
you will conceive this A£tion to be of no lefs 
V o L. I. X Im- 



312 yioviisov^s Hiftory BooklI« 

Importance than it is. What goodly Havens zn 
in thcfc Parts for ftiippine;, how many fighting 
Men of the Irijh may be from hence by the King 
of Spain carried for an Invafion of England i (the 
want of which two kinds hath been his chief 
Impediment hitherto) you well know. Believe, 
Sir, out of my Experience here, if the Kine of 
Spain fhould prevail in Ireland^ he may carry above 
loooo Men trom hence, that joined with his Ar- 
my, will be of more Ule for the Invasion of Eng- 
latki^ than any that can be chofen out of any Part 
of ChriftendomJ And now, Sir, that you know 
(as I hope) the worft, I cannot diflemble how 
confident I am, to beat thefe Spanijb D^ns^ as well 
as ever I did our Irijb Macs and O^x, and to make 
a pcrfe£t Conclufion of the War of Ireland as 
foon, as if this Interruption had never happened, 
if we have God*s Bleffin^ and the C^ueen's^ and 
thofe ordin^rv Means without the which iione 
but infinite rowers xran work« I befeech the 
eternal God preferve her Majefty and her King- 
doms, and fend me the Happineis to kifs her Royal 
Hands, with the Confcience of having done her 
the Service I defire. And fo, Sir, I do wifh you 
tU Happinefs, and will be ever 

From Cork the Tours^ Sir^ moft ajfured 

id of 0£to- 
ber, 1 60 1 . to do you Service j 

Mountjoy. 

V*he fame Day his Lordjhip wrote another Letter to 
Majier Secretary^ as followetb. 

SIR, 

HERE are divers worthy Men very fit to 
have Charge, who have followed the Wars 
here as Voluntaries to their very great Expence, and 

look 



Chap.r. ^IRELAND; 323 

look now by my Means to have Command upon 
the coming over of the next Companies, if you 
fend more than fervc only for Supplies. I have 
lio means to keep them from going thither, to ufe 
the Help of their Friends and get them Compa- 
nies there^ but by i^romiline them any thing that 
1 can do for them here^ for oy that Courfe 1 con- 
ceive I eafe you of that trouble^ which their im- 
Eortmiate Suits would breed you, and hold them 
ere ready for any Service upon the fudden, think- 
ing it no Policy at this time to fpare any, that 
may give Furtherance to the great Work wc have 
in Hand. If it will pleafe you to do me that Fa- 
vour, to procure that the Companies to come 
over, may be appointed Ca,ptains of my Nomina- 
tion, I mail be able to fatisfy thofe Gentlemens 
Expe£tationSj who, I am penuaded, will be fitter 
for this Imployment than any that can be fent 
from thenc^ and they finding their Advancement 
here, where they are to be tied to their Task, 
will fin my Judgment) endeavour to deferve the 
bed:, being in the Eye of him that was the Means 
thereof, which for the Service Sake chiefly I af- 
fe£t, though I can be content. Sir, to acknow- 
ledge unto you, that I- would gladly have the 
World, fee, that I am no lefs graced in my Im- 
ployments than my PredecefTors have been 5 for 
this People do not little obferve it^ and at this 
prefent efpecially I hold it a Matter of that Con- 
iequence^ as without it, I ihall be the lefs able to 
wield this great Bufindfs, with that Succefs that 
otherwife 1 am hopeful of: We have not here 
any of the Queen's Pinnifles, whereof at this time 
there is great want. At my coming out of the 
North, although the Rebels in general did give 
out, that they were out of hope of foreign Suc- 
cours this Year, (I think in Policy, and to make 
us flow to call for Supplies,) yet "Turlogh mac 
Henry did aflure me upon his Life, that the Spa- 

X 1 niards 



2 14 MoRYSON'i tiijiory Book II. 

niards would come, and further told me that one 
Bath Jgent for Tyrone in Spain^ and fincc return- 
ed to him, was fcnt into Scotland^ Whence he was 
prefently to return : Whereupon I delivered a 
Defcription of the Man to Capt. Button^ and 
willed him to lie upon the Coafts to apprehend him, 
afluring my felf that I fhould have wrefted out 
of him the Certainty of all Things. Since that 
time I have heard nothing of that Captain, nor 
of the Queen's Pjinnis under his Command. I 
pray you. Sir, let us have fome of the Queen'^ 
Ships with Expedition, for without them we 
ihall not be able to convey any thing upon this Coaft 
from Place to Place, and the Ways oy Land will 
be dangerous. So, Sir, I wifh you all Happi- 
nefs. 

T^e^d. of October, his Lordjhip and the Council 
here yurote to the Lords in England this following 
' Letter. 

It may pleafe your Lordjhips^ 

HAving ferioufly confidered of the great Work 
we have no w in Hand, we obferve thatbefides 
the Foreign Enemy the Spaniard with whom we are 
firft to deal, and the known Traitors and Ki^els al- 
ready in Arms, there are two other Sorts 6f Peo- 
ple here, which if we do not carefully provide 
lor, they will foon adhere unto the reft, and make 
their Party fo ftrong, as in Judgment we cannot 
fee how we ihall be well able to encounter it, un- 
Icfs by good Providence it be prevented, which 
is the Mark we aim at. The one of thefe two 
forts is the Subjeft, who hath Lands and Goods 
to take to, for whom we muft provide Defence, 
clfe T^ith his Livelihood we are iiire to lofe him, 
and therefore we will omit nothing that our Means 
will ftretch to, that may preferve, cherifh, and 
content him. The other fort are fuch as have no 

Living, 



Chap.r. ^/IRELAND, 325- 

Living, nor ^ny thing that will afford them 
Mainteniance, and yet hitherto have not ihewcd 
themfejive^ difloyal, though all of them be S word- 
Men, and many Gentlemen by Defcent, and are 
able to draw after them many Followers. To 
this fort wc hear for certain, the Spaniards make 
offer of great Entertainment^ and if we fhould 
not in fome fort dp the like, we cannot in Reafon 
look but they muft and will fall to their Party. We 
have therefore out of this neceflity relolved, to 
take as many of them into her Majefty's Enter- 
tainment, ^ we have any hope will truly ikick 
unto us, being confident that we fhall make good 
ufe of them againfl the Spaniard ^ for we mean 
thoroughly to put them to it, though if wc 
ihould fail in our Expeftatjon, and find them c6ld 
or fjack in fcrving with us, yet will it be a 
;reat Countenance to the Service to fhew the 
^erfons of fo many Men on our Side, where o- 
therwife they would have been againll us : Ahd 
of this we can affure your Lordfbips that when 
they have fervcd our turn againft tne Spaniards^ 
until wc have freed ourfelves of them, we can 
without Danger eafe her Majefty of that Charge, 
and will no longer hold them in Entertainment. 
In the mean time they fhall fpend little of the 
Queen's Viftual, but being paid ot the new 
Coin, provide for themfcrves, which may be 
with lefs Oppreffion to the Country, than if in 
that fort they were not entertained, for then they 
would fpoU all^ and put out fuch as otherwife will 
continnie in Subjection. Of this courfe of ours, 
wc humbly defire your Lordfliips Approbation 
(though wc will be very fparing to entertain 
more than fl^all be neceffary) and warrant to 
Mafler Treafurer to make tnem payment, and 
hold us wc bcfeech you excufed for refolvitig it, 
before wc acquainted your Lordfhips thcrewith- 
;»1, feeing we were enforced thereunto by necel- 

X 5 iitv 



^i6 MoRysoN'5 Hffiory BookIL 

fity for the Service fake (fin« many of them were 
?i6tive, and would otherwife have lerved the Ene- 
my), and we could not fooner write unto your 
Lordfhips of it, and even fo, ^c. 

The lame Day Sir Benjamin Berry came to 
Cork with his Lordfhip's Guard which he com- 
manded, and with fome other Companies (for till 
this time his Lordlhip had no part of the Army 
with him, but only the Bands of the Munfter 
Lift.) The pth. Day the Companies ciune to 
Cork^ which Sir Richard Wingfield the Marflial 
had drawn out of the Pale, and Sir Jolfn Berkley 
Serjeant Major had drawn from the Frontiers of 
JUinfter and Connaught. The loth. Day beini 
Saturday J the Companies came to Cork^ whicl 
Sir Henry Davers had drawn from Armagh and the 
Northern Garrifons- And this Day Sir Richard 
Wingjield Marflial, and Sir John Barkley Serjeant 
Major, were fent with fome Horfe and Foot, to 
view and chufe a fit Ground near KinfaUy where 
our Army might fit down to befiege the Town. 
The next Day fome Horfe and Foot were fci^t out 
to keep the Irijh from felling Viftiialsto xkit Spa- 
niards. The nth. two Frenchmen ran from the 
Spaniards to us, who confefled that 3000 Spani^ 
ards landed at the firft in Kinfakj bcfiae <Joo fincq 
arrived in a great Ship fca^ttered from them by a 
Tempeft. 

This Day one advertifcd his Lordfhip, that un- 
der Pretence of favouring the Spaniards Defcent, 
he had fpoken with their General 5 who inq^ired 
whether the Lord Deputy in Perfoh came to view 
Kinfale^ and with what Numbers, to which he 
anfwcred, that he was there in Perfon with 400 
Foot lodged not far off out of fight, and 4 
Troops of Horfe. That he asked wnat Soldiers 
the Lord Deputy had, to which he anfwcred fome 
8oor, bclides the daily Arrival of others of the 
Army in Leinfier and the North : What Soldiers 

- were 



Chap.r. >/ IRELAND. 3*7 

were new^ and yhat Weapons they had, and 
what Artillery the Lord Deputy had, to which 
he anfwcred with Addition to our Strength. He 
faid that the General prefumed by the contrary 
Winds, that they in England heard not of his 
Arrival, and though he told him the EngUJb Fleet 
was at Plymouth^ he fcemed not to believe it, and 
made Countenance, that they fhould have enough 
to do, to defend the Englijh Coaft from Invafion, 
?nd much infifted upon the Copper Money the 
Queen fent, with Purpofe to make the Irijb her 
Slaves : But promifed Gold and Silver from his 
Matter. That he inquired of Tyrone and 6 Don- 
nel^ feeming to diftafte their being fo far off, and 
the Way to them being dangerous, and his 
own want of Horfes, and therefore prayed this 
Gentleman to certify Tyrrel and the Lord of Lei- 
trim^ that he expected 7'yrone with Horfes and 
Beeves, which he prayed them to fupply in the 
mean time, both fending him Notice before they 
trame, adding that himfelf had Bread, Rice, 
Peafe, and Wine for i8 Months, and Store of 
Treafm-e. And that he inquired much after the 
{Strength of Corky and the Queen's new Fort 
there. Laftly, he advertifed, that the Ships 
returned were 14 (of them* fix the King*s own 
of 1000 Tun the leaft, in which was the 
Admiral General^ Saint Jago^ and the great Ad? 
miral of Caftily Don DhgOy de Bruxero.) That 
the 1 1 rectiaining were fmaller, and embarged (or 
irefted) to ferve the King, whereof fome were 
Jrifi. That the Ships at Baltemore had 700 Men, 
That by his View, there were 3000 in Kinfale 
royally provided of all Provifiods for War, ha- 
ving many Saddles for Hdrfes } and that upon 
Tyrone's cxpcfted coming, they intended to take 
the Field, t 

X 4 The 



|z3 Moryson'5 Hifiory BookJti 

The 1 }th. It was refolved wc fliould prefent^ 
ly take the Field, though we had not 4$ yet any 
Provifions fit for that Purpofe, but that Day and 
the two Days foUowii^g wp CQuld no( ftir ffom 
Ctfrky by reafon of extre^m !Riiiq and foul Wea- 
ther. j^Teither Artillery, Munition ti/ox Vi6tual? 
werp yet come from Dublin^ yet it was thought 
fitter thus unprovided to take the Field, than by 
pifcovery of our Wants to give the Irijb, Opt 
portunity and Course to jqiq with the Spani^ 



CHAP. IL 

0/ the iefteging of the Spaniards of Kir^ale^ with 
the Delivery of the Ijiwn to the Lord D.eputy^ 
and their JRetum into Spain in th§ futne Teatj 
i6qi. 

THE itfth. Day of OSloher^ his J-ordr 
fhip with his Army rofe frqm Cork^ 
and incamped five Mile^ fhort of Kinfale^ 
at a Place called Owny Buoy. The 17th. the Arr 
my rofe, and marching towards E^infale^ incamp* 
Cd within half a Mfle of the Town under a HiU 
called Knock Robin^ where fome few ihot of the 
Spaniards offered to difturb our fitting down, but 
were foon beaten home. We had at that time fcarce 
fo much Powder as would ferve for a good Days 
fight, neither had we any competent Number of 
Tools, fo as we could not int:r^nch our felves, 
for thefe Provifions were npt yet come from 
Dublin, That Day Captain Morgan came out of 
England with one of the Queen's Ships, and our 
Mafter Gunner came from Waterford^ adverti- 
fing that fome Ships of Provifions, fpnt frocgi 
Dublin^ were come to that Port^^ where they 

wcr9 



• 1 



JDhap.n. 0/ IRELAND, 329 

were enforced to ftay by a contraiy Wind, be- 
ing Southerly. The i8th. the Army lay ftill, 
^d we viewed the fitteft Places to incamp near 
the Town; But ouj: Artillery being not come^ 
we removed not* And that Night the Spaniards 
made a Salley much greater than the former, to 
difturb our Camp, but our Men foon repelled 
them without anyJUoTs to us. The ipth. we lay 
ftill, expeiSting Proyiiions, and that Day^ our 
Men font \o view the Ground;^ had fome flight 
Skirmiihes with the £nemy, and Don Jean atter 
profi^fled, that he never &w any come more wil^ 
lingly to the Sword, than our Men did. That 
Night Sir John Barkky was appointed to give 
Alarm to the Town, who did beat the Spanijb 
Guards fet without the Town, into their Trench- 
es. The next Night after, fome 1600 Spaniards 
came to the top of the Hill, under which wc 
lay, either with Purpofe to cut oflF fome of the 
Scouts, or to attempt fomething on the Camp .* 
But Sir John Barkley lying with a Party of 
our$ not exceeding 300, qifcovered them, and 
skirmifhing with them, killed fome dead in the 
Place, took fome Arms and other Spoil, and 
hurt divers, and did beat them back to the Town, 
without the Lois of any one of our Men, and on- 
ly 5 hurt. 

The zi^. Cormock mac Derntot an Irijhman^ 
chief of a Country called Muskerry^ came with 
the rifipg out (or Soldiers) of his Country, to 
Ihew them to the Lord Deputy, who to the 
end the Spaniards might fee the meer Irijb ferved 
on our Side, commanded them at their return to 
pafs by the . Spanijb Trenches, made without the 
Town on the top of the Hill, but lodged flrong 
Parties (out of the Enemies Sight) to fecond them. 
The IriJb. at firfl went on well, and did beat the 
Sp&nijh Guards from their Ground, but accord- 
ing to their cuftom, fuddenly fell ofi^, and fo left 

one 



139 }4oviY&o}fs Hiftory BookiC 

pne of the LQr4 Prefidents Horfemen engaged^ 
who had charged two Spaniards : But Sir William 
QoMfbincommzTi^mg the Lord Deputy's Tropp^ 
when he faw bioi in Danger, and unhorfed, did 
charge one way upon their grofs, and Captaia 
Henry Barkley 6omet pf t;he Tame Troop, charg- 
lied another way at the fame {nftant, and drove 
their $hot into the Trenches, and fo refcued the 
Horfeman with his Horfe, coming off with one 
Man hurt, and only one Horfe kuled, from the 
great Numbers of Spamjb fhot, whereof 4 were 
ytit dead in the Place^ divers carried q£F dead in* 
to the Town, and many hurt. 

The zid. Day Captain Button arrived at Cork 
with the Queen's Pinnis, called the Moon^ which 
wafted otl\er Ships bringing Vi^Quals and Muni-* 
fion from Publin^ and tne lame Day o^me to the 
Camp, advertifing tluit the fame Ships were 
come from fTaterford towards Cork. That Night 
his Lordfhip fent him back, to bring his Ship a- 
bout to Kinfak Harbour, and to take with him 
Captain Ward's Ship from Oyfter Haven^ where 
it lay to guard the Viftual and Munition we 
brought with us. 

Thcfe two Ships were commanded to annoy 
the Caftle of Rincoran^ feated clofe upon the Har-^ 
hour of KinJaUy and poflefled by the Spaniard % 
but after tncy had fpcnt many Shot upon the 
Caftle without any great Effeft, becauie their 
Ordinance was fmall, they lay ftill to keep the 
Harbour, that neither the Caftle nor the Towq 
might be relieved by Water, which was the chief 
end of their coming. The ijd. the Dublin Ship^ 
ping arrived at Cork^ and were direfted to come 

{)relcntly to Oyfter Haven^ where we might un^ 
ade the Artillery (which could not be brought by 
Land), and other Prpvil^ons for the prefent ufc of 
the Army. 

The 



Ghap.H; <?/IRELANp. ^^i 

The Z4th. Day it was rcfolved, we fhould rife 
and iricamp clofe by the Town, but the Shipr 
ping being not come about with the Artillery and 
other Neceffaries, that Day wasfpcntindifpatch- 
ing for England. And by Night Captain Blany 
and Captain Flower were fent out, to lie with f oo 
Foot, to entertain the Spaniards which were 
drawn out of the Town^ but they came no fur- 
ther, and fo our Men returned. 

^his Day bis Lordjhip i^nd the Council wrote to tba 
Lords in England this following Listter. 

If may pleafe your Lordjhip^ 

SINCE our laft Difpatch from Cork^ which 
bare Date the 4th; of this prefent Month, 
we fpent fome time there, expecting the coming 
of the old Companies out of the Pale and Norths 
prn Parts, and noping to be fupplicd with Vic- 
tuals, Munition, and other Necefiaries from Dub^ 
liny without which we faw it would be to little pur- 
pofe to take the Field. But when we had ilaye4 
there till the i6th. and were oot provided of 
Munition, (none being come to us from Dublin 
or from Lintriek^ whether we had likewife fent to 
have fome brought to us,) and wanting both Vic- 
tuals, and mofl: of the Provifions belonging ne- 
ceflarily to fo great a Siege, yet to inveft the 
Town where the Spaniards are lodged, from re- 
ceiviag SuccQurs both of Vi&uals and of fuch as 
were difpofed to join with them, and withal to 
avoid the Opimon, which the Country began to 
conceive Qf our Weaknefs, becaufe we did not 
firaw into the Fiddj w€ refolved the idth. Day 
to rife, and the next Day did fit down within leu 
than h^U a Mile of the Town^j keeping continu- 
al Guards round about the Enemy. We can af- 
furc your Lordfhips that we do not think our- 

fclves 



33* Moryson'^ Hifiory Bookllj 

felves much ftronger (if any thing at all) in 
Numbers than they arc, whofe Army at their 
fetting to Sea, did bear the Reputation of 6000, 
and we have caufe to judge them (becaiife fince 
our laft Letters to your Lordfliips, there arrived 
another Ship at Kinfale^ which brought f 00 Meq 
more unto them) now to be above 4000 by the 
Pole. In both thefe Points of Number in Re* 
putation or by Pole, they di£Fer not much from 
ours, for it may pleafe your Lordihips to coniider, 
that the whole Force we can draw into this Pro^ 
vince (leaving the Pale, Connaugbt^ and the North 

Provided for, as it may appear by this inclofed 
Tote they are in fome Meafure) doth not exceed 
in Lift 7000, and of thofe we are cnfbircd ^p 
leave fome Part upon the Borders towards Umr 
rick^ to be {bme itay to the whole Country, and 
it mufl in reafon be thought, that our Ciompar 
nies generally are weak in Numbers, filing tne^ 
have had no Supplies of a long time, and that 
we defire 2000 to reinforce them, befides thatma-r 
ny are taken out of them for neceflary Wards, 
fome are fick, and many of the Northern Com- 
panies lie yet hurt, fince the late great Skirmifhes 
againft Tyrone^ which they performed with good 
Succcfs, but a little before they were fent for to 
come hither. We do affuredly expe6t, that ma-f 
ny will join with Tyrone^ (if he only come up 
towards thefe Parts), and almofl all the Swordl- 
men of this Kingdom, if we fhould not keep the 
Field, and the Countenance of being Maflers 
thereof, how ill provided foever we do find our-^ 
felves. Wherefore we moit humbly and earnefi:- 
ly defire your Lordfhips to haflen away at the 
ieafl the full Number of fucli Supplies of Horfe 
and Foot as we do write for in our laft, and that 
it will pleafe your Lordfhips to believe from us, 
that if the Country fhould join with Tyrone^ and 
make a Defeftion, our chi^f Security will be in 

the 



Chap.lL <?/ IRELAND. 355 

the Horfe wc muft receive out of England^ for 
the moft of thefe here already, are much weak- 
ned and harafled out , with their continual Em- 
ployment in every Service. It may aUb pleafe your 
Lordlhips to confider, that in a Siege, where four 
th oufandfuch Men as thefe 4$>^^;^/^riJ, are pofleifed 
of any place whatfoevcr, there will be neceflarily 
required royal Provifions, and great Numbers to 
force them, neither can it be thought, but the 
Sword and Seafon of the Year will continually wafte 
our Army, fo as we are enforced earaeftly to defire 
your Lordfhips, while this A&ion is in Hand tp fend 
us continual Supplies, without which this Army 
will not be able to fubfift. And although (grieved 
with her Majefty's huge Expence) we are loth to 
propound for fo many Men as are conceived to be 
needful and profit^le for the prefent Profecution of 
this dangerous War, yet we are of Opinion, that 
the more Men her Maj efty can prefently fpare, to be 
employed in this Country, the more fafe and iudden 
End it will make of her Charge. And not without 
Caufe we are moved to foUicite your Lotdihips to 
confider thereof^ fince we now perceive that we nave 
an Army of oldanddifciplined Soldien before us of 
four thoufand Spaniards (that affuredly expe£): a far 
greater Supply), and much about twenqr thoufand 
ighting Men, of a furious and warlike Nation of 
the Irifi^ which we may juflly fufpe£b will all declare 
themfelves againfl us,if by our Supplies and Strength 
out of England^ they do not fee us likely to prevail. 
Thefe Provincials (a few of Carbry only excepted, 
appertaining to Florence mac Carty) do yet 
fland firm, out no better than Neutrality is to be 
expected from thofe which are bcft affected, nor 
is it poffiblc to difcover their Affefbions until 2>- 
rone with the Irijh Forces do enter into the Pro- 
vince, who (as the Council at Dublin write) is 
providing to come hither. The Supplies from 
Spain are prefently expected : If they fhould ar- 
rive 



j34 MoRtsoN'x Hiflory Bookll, 

rive before our Army be ftrengthened out of En* 
gland^ or before this Town of Kinfale be takeii| 
It muft be thought a general Defedion through* 
cMit the Kingdom (wherein we may not except 
the Towns) will enfue, and then the War will 
be drawn to a great length, and the Event doubt- 
ful. If the Queen's Ships do not in time come 
to Kinfale^ our Task will be very heavy, with this 
fmall Army to force fo ftrongan Enemy, foweU 
provided of all Neccflarics for the War. Whcrc- 
Ibre we humbly befeech the fending of them a- 
way, which will not only give us a fpeedy courfe 
to win the Town, but aJio afliire the Coafis 
for our Supplies, and give an exceeding fiay to 
the Country (the £nemy fearing nothing raore^ 
and the Subject defiring nothing fo much as the 
Arrival of her Majefty's Fleet.) The 60 Lafts 
of Powder and 6 Pieces of Battery with their 
NecefTaries^ thd Vifbuals and all things dfe^ written 
for in our former Letters, we humbly defire maj 
prefently be difpatched hither^ and although to 
;reat a Mefs of Vi£buals,. as is needful^ cannot 
)c fent at an inftant, we deiSre it may be fent as 
it can be provided, and direfted for the Haven 
of Cork. What wc {hall be able to do till our 
Supplies come, we cannot fay: But what we 
ihall have rcafon to fear, except they come in 
time, your Lordfhips may judge. Only wc af- 
fureyour Lordfliips, that her Majefty (with the 
help of God) fhall find, we will omit nothing 
that is poffible to be done, nor ihun any thing 
that may be fuffered, to do her the Service we 
owe unto her. If in the mean time, by all our 
Letters both to the Council at Dublin^ and all 
others in this Country, to whom we have oc- 
cafion to write, we give out thefe Spaniards to 
be in Number not 3000, in their means fcant and 
miferable, in their Perfons weak and fickly, and 
in their Hopes difmayed and amazed > we hope 

your 



PSHS^^^HT" 



qhaf.II. ^/IRELAND. ^if 

your Lordfbips will conceive we do that, but for 
the countenancing of our Part^i and to keep a» 
many, as we can from (alli&g from us* On the 
other fide, X)on Jean d$ F Jlguila the Spamjb Ge« 
neral,^ hath ufed mapy Arguments to move the 
Jrijh to Defe&ion, and among other .(which is 
very £orceable and fearful unto their wavering 
Spirits), he tells them, that this is the firft great 
A&ion that the King his M^fter hath underu<» 
ken, and aflures them he hath protefted, that he 
will not receive Scorn in making good his Eki- 
terprize, and that he will rather hazard the Lofs 
of his Kingdoms, than of his Hotiour inthisEn* 
terprife. ThePriefblikewife (to terrify the Con- 
fciences) threaten Hell and Damnation to thofe 
of the: Irijby that do not alHft them (having 
brought Bulls for that Purpofe), and lend a** 
broad Indulgences to thofe that take their Parts. 
Thefe and fuch like Policies (as their offering of 
fix Shillings a Day to every Hprfeman that will 
Terve them; do fo prevail with this barbarous Na« 
tion, as it is a wonder unto us, that from prefent 
ftaggering they ^1 not to flatDefe£l:ion,as they will 
foondo, if they once difcover them of Ability to 
give us one Blow^ before the comins of our Sup** 

f>Ues and Means, which we are moft eameftly td 
bllicit your Lordihips to haiten, alTuring your 
Lordfhips that nothing will more confirm (he 
State Of this Kingdom, than the Arrival of her 
Majefty's Fleet, which we are refolved by the 
belt Judgments majr be employed in thefe Parts 
to prevent the Arrival of foreign Succours. Yet 
in the mean time we will omit nothing that ihall 
be feafable with the Force we have, neither have 
we been idle finceour coming hither, having had 
continual Skirmifhes, whereof jtwo efpecially 
were wcU performed by our Men. The firft, the 
loth of this Month, when the Enemy by Night 
falUed with more than looo Foot, to cut oflr a 

Guard 



33^ MbRt^oN*^ Hi/idfy fiooklK 

Guard of Horfe we kept near the Town, and 
purpoGug to attempt fdmething on our Camp % 
but po of bur Men led bv Sir John Barkky did 
encounter them tod beat tndm back; with Lofs 
i>( many of their Men^ add fome Bodies left id 
flie Fields by whofe Spoil dur Mtn wer6 encou*^ 
raged, aild returned with Triump»h; The other, 
the next Day when Cormoek mac Deirmof^ chief 
Lord of Muskerry^ coming to the Casdp^ to 
ihew us his rifing outj we willed hiffi to return 
by the Spaniards Trenches^ that they might fee 
tne Irijb fefve oh our Side againft them^ wherd 
they entertained a gbod Skirmifh, but fooii £al*^ 
ling off, a Horfemad was engaged anfi unhorfcd t 
but Sir tVilUam GddolpbiH with my Troop refcued 
him, charging clofe to theii' Trenches^ in a way* 
flanked by two Trenches, and filled with ^reat 
Numbers of Shot, yet returned (to our great 
Marvel) with little or no hurt, having beaten 
them from their Strength^ and killed many of 
their Men, wheredf thejr left fomd behind tnemj 
befides others we faw them carry off. From this 
beginning we hope God will fo blcfs our Juft 
Qijarrel^ as fhortly we fhall have caufe to infonxi 
you of better Succefs. We underftand that Ty* 
rone will prefently dome hither, which if he do, 
your Lordfliips can judge how weak we are to 
deal both with him and the Spaniards. 

The fame Day his Lordjhip wrote this following 

Letter to Mafter Secretary. 

s m, 

WH A T we defire, and how our Affairs afe 
difpofed of, you have by our general Let- 
ters to my Lords. Now I will dehre, that my 
unremovable AfFeftion may be held as a Coiiclu- 
fion fo abfolutely granted, that I may no more 
trouble you with any Ceremonies 3 for you fhall 

find. 



find, that I will not vdlue my Lifcj nof any 
fortune of this World to make you aflured De-* 
monftration thereof^ when I Ihall have the Hap-* 
pinefs to have Power and Occafion to fhew if. 
Only now touching the point of my Lord Pre- 
lident's coming over, to take from you any doubtj 
that in my own particular I could not earneftly 
concur with you, I do proteft on my Chriftiani- 
ty, that I know no Man in this Kingdom, that 
I could have been better pleafed, fhould have 
been thcf Deliverer of my Affeftions and A£tions^ 
than himfelf^ and by him unto you, and from 
you might have delivered and received much^ 
which I defire moll to do 5 neither do I know 
any, who I conceive could have delivered mord 
fufficiently the prefent State of this Kingdom^ 
nor propounded to greater Purpofe for her Ma- 
jefty's Service the courfe that will be fitteft for 
you in England to embrace. But againft mind 
own private Defire, he hath oppofed his own pe- 
remptory Diftafte of the Motion, with this Pro*' 
teftation, to hate me if I fhould urge it. Bc-J 
fides, it feems to xtie againft the publick Com-* 
inodity, in fo weighty a Caufe to fend away fy 
worthy an Inftrument, and deprive ourfelvcs of* 
the Affiftance we receive thereby at this time, (ef- 
pecially the Stage of this great Affcion being 
chiefly in his own Province, in the which thd 
Succefs of his Government doth beft ihew what 
Authority his Judgment and Prefence doth car- 
ry.) So that I conclude, for your Sake, his own 
and mine, but efpecially for tne Publick, at this 
time he cannot well be fpared from henccj be- 
fidcs that he hath vowed to fall out with all, if 
it be urged. And although thefc Spoils of Am- 
bition arc of all other the moft unwillingly fhared 
by Men of our ProfefHonj yet I proteft I am 
glad, even in this great Goal of Honour^ to run 
V o L. L Y equally 



(V 



338 MoRYSOif5 Hiliory BooklL 

equally with him, and to participate with all his 
Adventures. This Band of the Honour we bear 
to you, and mutual Afieftion to each other, ha- 
ving for chief Knot the Service of our deareft 
Sovereign, there is no Corruption that may be 
likely to difTolve it} and therefore I hope it isti- 
cxl by the Hand of God, and it ihall not be in 
the rower of Man to loofe it. I am alTured, 
that you and I think, the State of England can- 
not but conceive the Importance of our Work : 
for now JaSla eft alia between England and Spain^ 
and we that do play the Game, hayeleaftlntereft 
in the Stake, though we will win or lofe our 
J^ivcs, to (hew that we do not play Booty: 
wherefore I hope you will not forget us, for 'veftra 
res agitur : And let this only Argument, which I 
could confirm with many Circumftances, oppoic 
itfelf againft the Counfcls of thofe^ that will fell 
their Birth Rites in Heaven itfelf, to pleafe their 
own envious and partial Palates, that the Wai* 
of the Low-Countries was begun, and hath been 
maintained with few more natural Spaniards^ than 
are arrived here already 3 and that putting Arms 
and Difcipline into this People, they are more 
warlike than any of his Auxiliaries. Sir, I will 
trouble you no longer, being dcfirous to do lome- 
what worth the writing. God fend us an Eaf- 
terly Wind, and unto you as much Happinefs as 
I do wifh unto my own Soul. 

From the Camp by Yours Sir^ 

Kinfale i4r>& 6>/ Oc- 
tober, 1 6 o I . moft ajfuredfor every 

to do you Service J 1 

Mountjoy. 

■ 

The 



Ghap.IL vo/IREl.-ANDi 539 

The 2fth the Army was ready to rife, but the 
Weather falling out very foul, Dire£tion was gi* 
ven dot to diilodge. Four natural Spaniards came 
this bay to us from the Enemy, who the neit 
Day were fent to Cork. ■ This Night Sir John 
Barkley went out with fome 500 Foot, having with 
h'lraC^cgu Flower^ Ca^t. Morris^ ztidCaipt.Boftockj 
and fell into the Spaniards Trenches, and did bear 
them to the Town, fell into the Gate with them^ 
and killed and hurt above 20 of the Spaniards^ ha* 
ving, but three hurt of our Men. Hitherto we 
lodged in Cabbins, fo as it rained upon us in oui^ 
Beds, and when we changed our *Shirts. 

The 26th the Armv diflodged and iikramped on 
an Hill on the Nortn-fide before Kinfale^ called 
the Spittle^ fomewhat more than Musket-^ffiot 
from the Town, and there intrenched ftrpngly.'. 
When we fat down, we difcovered that the Spa-' 
niards had gottena Prey of 2 or 300 C6ws,andmany 
Sheep, which were (in an Ifland as it feemed) up- 
€fn the South-eaft Side of the Town, beyond tne 
Water, which we could not pafs but by goirii 
eight or nine Mile about, where there was a NecJ 
of Land to go into it. C^pt.Taffe being font- 
with Horfe and Foot, ufed fuch Expedition id 
that Bufinefs, as he attained the Place beford 
Night, and by a hot Skirmifh recovered the Prey^ 
fave onlv fome 20 Cows that the Spaniards hod 
killed, although they were under the Guard of a ' 
Caftle, called Caftk-NyPark^ which the Spa^ : 
niards had in Poflefllon* 

Thi Difpofal of the wbofe Army in Ireland the 27/d 

df 06kober, 1601 i 

Left at Lough foyU^ 

Sir Henry Dockwra^ f o. Sir ^oig Botks^ fo^ 
Horfe 100 4 

Y 1 Sir 



340 MoRVSON'f Htfiory BooklL 

Sit Henry Dockwraj too, "Six Matthew Morgan^ 
ifo. C^i^t. Badby^ ifo. Sit Join BolleSj ifo. 
Cz^t. Elrifigtony 100. Cz^t. Faugban^ loo. Capt. 
Bingley^ ifo. Capt. Coacb^ loo. Capt. Bafet^ 
100. Capt. Vutton^ loo. Ckft. Floydej loo. 
Capt. Oramy loo. Capt. jflferd^ loo. Capt. 
PifmeTj loo. Capt. /Fin/or^ loo. Capt. Sidley^ 
I loo. Cagt^^tfei^ir, loo. Capt. JDiggSj loo. 
Capt. Brooke^ lOO. Cipt^Staffbrdj loo. Capt. 
Orr^//, loo. Capt. i>/g;^, loo. Oipt. Sidney^ 
100. Capt. Gawefy ifo. Capt. JfFilks^ ifo. 
Capt. ^. iV. loo. Foot jooo. 

Horfaleft at Carrickfergus. 

Sir Arthur Cbicbefter^ Governor, fo. Capt* 
John Jepbfon J 100. Horfc ifo. 

Foot left at Carrickfergus. 

Sir Arthur Cbicbefter^ Governor, zoo. Sir 
Foulke Conway^ ifo. Capt. jBg^r/^^, loo. Capt. 
Norton^ loo. Capt. Billings^ i/o. Capt. jPi&/7- 
/i^j, ifo. Foot Sj-o. 

Foot left in Lecaile. 

Sir Richard Moryfon the Govemor^s Company 
under his Lieutenant, himfelf attending the Lord 
Deputy at iK»/i/<?, ifo. • 

Horfe left in Northern Garrifons. 

At the Newry^ Sir Francis Stafford^ fO. At 
Mount' Norrisy Sir Samuel Bagnol^ fo. Horfe loo. 



Foot 



Cliap.ir. ©/IRELAND^ 341 

Foot in the North G^rrifons. 

At the Neivry^ Sir Francis Stafford^ 200. At 
Dundalky Capt. Freckhton^ 100. At Carlingford^ 
Capt. Hanfardj 100. At MounUNorris^ Capt. 
Atherton^ 100. At Armagh^ Sir Henry Davers 
• under his Lieutenant, himfelfbemgatZ/»/i/^, ifo. 
At Blackwater^ Capt. Thomas fFHliams^ ij-o. 
Foot 800 • 

Horfe left in the Pale, and Places adjoining. 

In Kilkenny^ the Earl of Ormond^ f o. In Kil* 
dare^ the Earl of Kildare^ f o. In JVlft-meatb^ the 
Lord of Dun f any ^ fo. In Lowthj Sir Garret Moore ^ 
zf • Horfe i/f . 

Foot in the Pale. 

At Kilkennyy the Earl of Ormondy ifo. Capt, 

y^i&» Mafterfon^ 100. Capt. 2T&^^^j Butler ^ loo. 

At Catberlougby Sir Chriftopher St.Laurence^ ifo. 

Sir Francis Shane^ 100. Sir 77/^^/ Dillon^ 100. 

Sir Edivard Fitz^G arret y 1 00 . Sir /;fe»ry Harring^ 

tony 100. Sir Richard Greame^ 100. At the 

iVM/, Sir Laurence Efinondy ifo. In Opbalia^ 

Sir G^(?r^^ Bourcher^ 100. Sir Edv)ard Harbert^ 

100. Sir Hemy fFarren^ 100. InZ,^^x Fort, Sir 

Francis Rujby if o. To be placed by the Coun^ 

cil at Dublinj Sir jHrwy Power under his Lieute*- 

nant, himfelf being at Kinfale^ i fo. Sir Samuel 

Bagnoly ifo. Sir William Warren^ 100. Capt* 

G«^/, iro. Capt. Caulfieldy ifo. At Kildare^ 

the Earl of Kildare^ 100. Capt. ^ Carrol in his 

Country, 100. At jK^/Zi, the Lord of Dun/any j 

ifo. In fFeftmeathy the Lord of Delvin^ ifo. 

Capt. il/^^ Henry J 100. At Ardee^ Sir Garret 

Moore y 100. Capt. iV. i\r. ifo. Foot jifo. 

Y 3 Horfe 



54* MoRYSON^i BiJlQry Booklf^ 

Horfe left in Connaught. 

The Earl of Clanriekardy ^o. Capt. Waymap^ 
\%. Horfe 62. 

Foot left in Comaughtf 

Sir Oliver Lambert J Governor, ifo. The Earl 
of Clanriekardj ifo. Sir Thomas Bourk^ i/o. 
Capt. Clare^ ifo. Capt. Thomas Bourky loo. 
Capt. Malbye^ ifo. * Capt. Tybbot ne Longj loo, 
^apt. Davy Bmrk^ i oo. A Company void for the 
TudgcsPay, loo. Foot iifo. 
• Total of Horfe f 87. Total of Foot pioo. 

fhe Lift of the Army with his Lordjbip at Kinfale. 

The old Munfter Lif|. 

Sir Gi?()rg^ C^r^w, Lord Prefidcnt, fo. SirJnT 
thony Cook^ fo. Capt. Flejpit^gy if. Capt, fy'il^ 
fiam Taffcj fo. Horfc i/f . 

Foot of the old Lift. 

The Lord Prefident, ifo. The Earl ofTio^ 
fhond^ I J- o . Lord Barry ^ 100. Lord Audley^ i fo . 
Sir Charles Wilmot^ i yo. ftlafter Trcafurer, 100. 
Capt. Roger Harvey^ ij'o. Capt. Thomas S,pencer^ 
If 6. Capt. George Flower^ 100. Capt. William 
Saxey^ 100. Capt . Gar^it Dillon^ 100. Capt. Nufe^ 
100, Sir Richard Percy ^ ifo. Sir Francis Barkley^ 
100. Capt. Power^' 160. A Company for thq 
Earl of JJ^^^/z^iTs Ufe, 100. Foot ipfc 



Nev 



Chap.II. >/IRELAND. 543 

New Companies fent into Munftcr/^/^/y, which ar^ 
rived and wen put into Pay the ^tb of Scptcip- 
ber pafi. 

The Lord Prefident added to his Company, 
f o. The Earl of 7'homond added to his Company, 
fo. Sir George l^hornton^ loo, Capt. Skipwitb^ 
100. Capt. A/brw, lOo. Capt. Kemijb^ loo. 
Capt. North J lOo. Capt. Owfiey^ lOo. Capt, 
Fijber^ loo. Capt. Tork^ loo. Capt. /for/, lOO. 
Capt. Lijle^ 100. Capt. Ravenfcrojt^ loo. Capt. 
Richard Hanfard^ lOO. Capt. G^e^r^^ C?r^^;w^, loo. 
Capt. Telvertony loo. Capt. Panton^ lOO. Capt. 
Cullom^ loo". - Capt. Hobby ^ loo. Capt. Gowen 
Harvyy loo. Capt. C^^/^, loo. Foot 2000. 

/f^r/J brought from the North and the Pah to 

Kinfalc. 

The Lord Deputy's Troop, 100. Sir Henry 
Daversj 100. Matter Marfhal, fo. Sir Cbrijio- 
fher St. Laurence^ if. Sir Henry Harrington^ if. 
Sir Edward Harbertj 11. Sir fFilliam Warren^ if. 
Sir Richard Greamej f o. Sir Oliver St. John^ Zf. 
Sir Francis Rujb^ it. Capt. George Greame^ iz. 
Horfe 436. 

Foot that Sir John Barkley brought from the Bor^ 
ders of Connaught to Riniale. 

« 

Sir John Barkley^ zoo. Sir Arthur Savage if 0. 
Six Oliver St. John^ zoo. Six John DowdaU^ 100. , 
Capt. King [mill J 100. Capt. George Blount j 100. 
Capt. Bofiocky 100. Foot pfo. . 



y 4 /^^(^f 



* 

jpoqt brought out gf the Pale hy Majler Marjhal^ 
and from the Northern Qarrifons^ by Sir Henry 
Pavers to Kinfalc. 

The I^prd Deputy's Guard, too. Mailer Marr 
ihal, J f 6. Sir Benjamin Berry ^ i yo. Sir JVilliam 
Fortefcuey ifo. Sir James Fitz-piers^ ifo. Sir 
^homas Loftus^ i oo. ^ir Henry Folliot^ i fo. Capt. 
J^dward Blany^ if o. Capt. Jojias Bodley^ ifo. 
Capt. Jiotheram^ ifo. Capt. Thomas Rop^r^ ifo. 
Capt. Roe^ I fo . Capt. Tr every 1 60. Capt. Ralph 
(lonjiabky ;oo. Foot 2.000. 

At Kinfaky Horfe 611. Foot (Jpoo. 

Total of the whole x\rmy in Ireland^ Horfe 1 1 p8 . 
Foot 16000. 

Of the (Jpoo Foot at Kinfale in Munfier^ one 
Company of 100 was converted to the Earl of 
jDefmond's Ufe (who was then kept in England).^ 
^nd fomi? were placed upon the Borders of the 
l^fovincc to be a Stay to the Country : And all 
the old Bands called out of the North, the Pale, 
and Connaughty were very deficient inNumberj^ 
having been long worn out in Skirmifhes, Jour- 
nies, and Sicknelfes, without any Supplies lately 
ffint out of England^ though much and often dc- 
(ired. Thefe 6poo Foot were diftributed into Rer 
giments commanded by Colonels, as fhall appear 
at the Increafe of the Lift the next Month. 

The 27th Day our Artillery and Provifions fcnt 
from Dublin were landed at Oyjier Haven, our Mu- 
nition was brought into the Camp, and the Front 
of the Quarter that faced the Town, and both the 
Flanks of our Trenches were more ftrongly for- 
tified^ and the Camp was round about intrenched, 
amd all thofe works perfe<5ted, which could not be 

done 



Chap. 11. (?/ I R E L A N D. 3 4 j 

done the Day before by Reafon of the foul Wea- 
ther. 

Nqw the Spaniards held the Caftle oiRincerane 
from their firfl; landing 3 and becaufe it commanded 
the Harbour ofKinfale, fo that our Shipping coi|ld 
not fafely land our.Provifions near the Camp, it 
was thought fit to make the taking thereot our 
fir ft Work. To which Purpofe Sir John BarUey^ 
Sir William Godqlfhiny and Capt. Jojias Bodky^, 
Trench- Mafter, were lent to chufe a fit Place to 

Elant our Artillery againft the Caftle. The 28th 
>ay two Culverins, which had not been long ufed, 
were made fit, and the next Day they were mount- 
ed. The Spaniards were in the Town 4000 ftrong, 
and we had not many more in the Camp by Pol^ 
though ourLfift were more. That night the «S^^- 
niards iflued out of the Town by Water to relieve 
the Caftle, but Capt. Button's Ship did beat thexsfL 
back. The 50th Day the two Culverins began to 
batter the Caftle, but one of them br^e in the 
Evening. 

In the mean time the Spaniards gave an Alarum 
to our Camp, and drew a demy Canon out of the 
Town wherewith > they play'd into the Camp, 
killed two with the firft Shot near the Lord De- 
puty's Tenti^ Ihqt through the next Tent of the 
Pay-Mafter (wherein we, his Lordfhip's Secreta- 
ries, did lie), brake a Barrel of the Pay-Mafter*s 
Money with two Barrels of the Lord Deputy's 
Bear in the next Cabin, and all the Shot were 
made fell in the Lord Deputy's Quarter and jaear 
his own Tent. 

This Night the Spaniards attempted again to 
relieve the Caftle, but Sir Richard Percy ^n^ying 
the Guard with the Lord Prefideftt's Regiment 
under his Command, did repulfethem. The 31ft 
Day the Culverin battered the Caftle, and that 
Morning another Culverin and a Canon being 

planted. 



34^ Morvson'5 Hffiory Book II. 

planted, they play'd without IntermifHon, which 
while we wercbuuly attending, 5*00 of their prin- 
cipal Spaniards came out of Kinfale (with Shew 
to go to relieve Rincorran by Land) and drew to- 
ward a Guard we kept between Rincorran and the 
Town (leaving a great Grofs for their Seconds 
under the Wails), under that Colour to give 
a fafe Paflage for their Boats to the Caftle. W here- 
upon divers broken Companies out of the Regi- 
nients in the Camp (being all in Arms) drew vo- 
luntarily that Way, and Sir Oliver St. John fcnt 
out Capt. Roij his Lieutenant-Colonel, and Sir 
Arthur Savage* s Lieutenant, with 100 Men, and 
feeing thiem likely to draw on a round Skirmifh, 
he himfelf took 50 Shot of his own Company and 
went up to them, where he found Capt. Roe^ and 
tkofe with him, skirmifhing with the Enemy's 
Shot, being zoo, and having another Grofs lying 
near the Town to fecond them > and feeing the 
Spaniards come up clofe with their Pikes to give 
a Charge, he joined with Capt.J?^?^, and encountring 
them, did beat them back to their Seconds, making 
them to retire haftily, the Spaniards then playing 
upon our Men with Shot from every Houle in 
that Part of the Town. In this Charge Sir 0//- 
ver St. John received many Pufhes of the Pike on 
his Target, and with one of them was (lightly 
hurt in the Thigh, but he killed a Leader and a 
common Soldier with his own Hand : The Lord 
jfudley^ coming Up with his Regiment, was fhot 
through the Thigh : Sir Garret Harvey was hurt in 
the Hand, and had his Horfe killed under him : 
Capt. Butler's Lieutenant was flain, and 4 other 
of our Part : Sir Arthur Savage's Lieutenant was 
Ihot through the Body, and 14 other of our Part 
were hurt. The Enemy left ten dead in the Place, 
bcfides their hurt Men, which we apparently faw 
to be many, and the next Day heard to be 70, 

by 



Cliap.U. 0/ I R E L A N a 34^ 

by one who faw them brought to the Houfe where 
their hurt Men lay, and who reported that eight 
of them died that Night. Likewife in this Skir- 
mifh Juan Hortejffe del Confreres was taken Prifo- 
ner, who had been Serjeant Major of the Forces? 
in Britany^ and our Men got from them diver5 
good Rapiers, and very good Arms. 

All this while our 3 Pieces battered the Caftle 
till fix of the Clock at Night, when thofe of the 
Caftle did beat a Drum, which the Lord Prefident 
(whom the Lord Deputy had left there when him* 
felf in the Evening retiJmed to take care of thd 
Camp) admitted to come unto him; With the 
Drum came an Irijhman bom at Cork^ and thefe in 
the Name of the reft prayed that with their Arms, 
Bag, and Baggage, they might depart to Kinfale. 
This the Lord Prcudent refuted, and faid he woidd 
not conclude with any but the Commander of the 
Caftle, neither had Commiflion to accept any Com** 
pofition, but yielding to her Majefty's Mercy, 
Prefently they fent another Drum and a Serjeant 
with him, but the Lord Prefident refufed to u)eak 
with them . At their Return the Commander him- 
felf, being an Alfiero or (Enfign), called Bartho^ 
lomeo de Clarizo^ (for the Captain had his Leg 
broken), came unto the Lord Prefident, but in* 
fitting on the Condition to depart with Arms, Bag 
• and Baggage to Kinfahj his Offer was refufed. 
After he was put fafe into the Caftle we began 
afrelh the Battery, and they more hotly than ever 
before beftowed their VoUies of Shot on us. But 
the firft of Navemhrj at two of the Clock in the 
Morning, when they found how the Caftle was 
weakned by the Fury of our Battery, they did a* 
gain beat a Drum for a Parley, but we rehjfing it 
many of them attempted to elcapc lioder the Rock 
clofe to the Water-fide, which our Men perceiv- 
ing, drew clolic up to the Caftle and hindered their 
Efcape. The fltft o£ November^ early in the Mom- 



348 MoRYsoN^f Hiflory Bookll. 

ing, the Lord Prefident came to the Camp and 
made Relation of that Night's Proceedings to the 
Lord Deputy, where it was determine^ that if 
they would render the Caflle and their Amis, up- 
on Promife of Life to the Spaniards only, and 
Eromile to fend them fafe into Spain^ they ihould 
e received to Mercy, which was concluded, be- 
caufc the fpeedy taking of the Caftle was of Im* 
portance to the more eafy furnifhing us with all 
JProviiions from that Harbour, and of Reputation 
to our Side, as alfo becaufe we could not enter 
'the Breach without Lofs of good Men (which 
we efleemed precious, being no more by Pole in 
the Camp than the Spaniards in the Town befiegcd 
by us, by Reafon our Companies were very defi« 
cient in the Numbers of the Lift, having not been 
fupplied out of England of a long time), and be- 
caufe this noble D^ing with the Spaniards in the 
Caftle might induce thofe in Kinfale to leave the 
Town upon like Compofition when they felt the 
Mifery whereunto we hoped ere long to bring 
them. About one Hour of the Day the jilfiero 
fent Word to the Lord Prefident (by that time 
returned) that he would quit all their Arms and 
render the Place, fo as they might be fufiered thus 
unarmed to go into Kinfale^ which being refufed he 
intreated that himfelf alone might hold his Arms, 
and be put into Kinfale^ which being alfo re- 
fufed, he refolutely refolved to bury himfelf in the 
Caftle. His Company feeing him defperately bent 
not to yield, did threaten to caft him out of the 
Breach, fo as they might be received to Mercy 5 
fo as at laft he confented to yield, and that all his 
People ihould be difanned in the Caftle (which 
was committed to Capt. Roger Harvey^ then Cap- 
tain of the Guards, to fee it done), that the Al^ 
fiero himfelf ihould wear his Sword till he came 
to the Lord Preiidcnt, to whom he ihould render 
it up: And this being done, they w?re all brought 
Priloners into the Camp, and immediately fent from 

thence 



Chap. IL i?/ I R E L A N D. 349 

thence to Cork. The Sfanijb thus yielded were in 
Number 85, and 4 Women (whofc Names I have, 
but omit them for Brevity), befides a great Mul- 
titude of Irijb Churls, Women and Children, but 
not any S wordf-men > for thofebeing skilful in the 
Ways had all efcaped, one Dermot Mac Carty only 
excepted, who was a Penfioner to the King of 
Spain^ and heretofore a Follower to Florence Mac 
Carty. Alfo fomc 50 Spaniards had been flain in 
the Defence of this Caftle, which was now yield- 
ed to us, thofe in Kinfale not making one Snot at 
our Men the while, but ftanding as Men amazed. 

The zd of Novemher^ finding how much we 
had to do in taking Rincorran Caftle with our weak 
Provifions, it was concluded, that all Attempts 
againft Kinfale Town were in vain till we were 
better fiirnifhed for fuch a Bufinefs, which not- 
withftanding we made daily countenance to take 
in Hand. This Day we drew our Ordi- 
nance from the Caftle into our Camp. The 
third Day of Novemher the Spanijh Ser- 
jeant Major in Britany^ taken in a Skirmifh, 
and the Alfiero yielding ^tRincorran^ obtained Li- 
cence to write to Don Jean de V Aguila^ and one 
of our Drums had Licence to carry their Letters, 
who ftay'd in the Town all the following Night* 

And this Day his Lordfhip received Letters of 
Supplies fent out oi England^ whereupon he wrote 
to the Council at Dublin^ and to Sir Arthur Cbi- 
cbefter^ to make ftav of certain Companies which 
lately he had dire£ced to be brought out of the 
North and the Pale to the Camp at Atnfale. Touch- 
ing the faid Supplies her Majefty writ to the Lord 
Deputy this Letter following. 

Elizabeth Regina. 

Right trufty and well beloved^ we greet you well. 

UPON fuch Advertifements as we have re- 
ceived from divers Places of a Fleet difpatch- 
ed from Sp^n with a good Number of Men of 
Wu- to be landed in that Our Realm in Afliftance 

of 



, 350 Mprysok'^ Hiflory: Bookll. 

of piir Rebels there, We have thought good to 
fend from hence fomc further Forces for Increafe 
of Our Anny there to enable you the better to 
make Head againft them if they fhall fortune to 
land : Wherqtore we have caufed to be levied here 
the Number of looo Men, and appointed them to 
, be embarked by the 20th Day of this Month of 
ORober (above the other zooo lately fent unto you) j 
for this 2,000 now levied, becaufe We cannot ccr- 
taihly judge here, whether you fhall find moft 
commodious for C)ur Service, cither to ufe them 
for the filling up of decayed Bands there, or to retain 
them in Companies, or to employ fome of them 
for filling up the Decays ot other Companies, 
and to retain other fome in Bands 3 We, have thought 
good to leave the Difpofition of them to yoiir 
Difcretiori 'with the Advice of our Council, and 
only to authorize you hereby, that forafmuch as 
any Part of them which you fhall retain in feve- 
raif Bands will be above the Number of Our E- 
ftablifhment, for the Payment whereof neither 
you nor Our Treafurer have any Warrant, that 
you may give Warrant to Our Treafurer for the 
Payment of the whole or any Part of the faid 
2000 which you {hall find neccflary to retain in 
Our Pay in Bands feveral above the Number of 
Our Eftabliftiment, or any. other former Warrant 
limited, the faid Payment to be made in lending 
and Apparel, as other our Soldiers there are paid, 
and to begin from the Day of their Landing there. 
Since the writing of thus much to you, concern- 
ing the 2000 preparing. We have received Ad- 
vertifements ot the landing of the Spaniards at 
Kinfale^ whereupon we have added a further Sup- 
ply of 3000 Men more to be fent to you. And 
for that it may be We fhall have Caufe to increafe 
or alter the Numbers of our Army, as Our Ser- 
vice fhall require, We do therefore give you War- 
rant to give Order from Time to Time for the 

Payment 



Chap.II. .^/IRELAND. 35'! 

Payment of all fuch Numbers of Men there, 
eitner Horfe or Foot, above the Number limited 
by Our Eftablilhment, as you Ihall be from our 
Privy-Council here, or fix of them (whereof our 
Treaifurer of England^ an4 our principal Secretary, 
to be two), authorized to retain in Our Pay as 
Our Service Ihall require. Given under Our Sig- 
net at Our Manor of Richmond the 4th. Day of 
OHober^ in the 43d Year of Our Reign. 

Poftfcript. Of all thefe Numbers zooo Ihall be 
embarked in Our own Ships by the 14th of this 
OSlober at Rochefter^ becaufe they fhall be fecured 
in their Tranfportation j looo more fhall be fent 
by the 20th of this Month to Briftol and Bdr^ 
ft able ^ and the fth odd thoufand fhall be fent to 
Loughfoyki fo as Our Levy is now in all fooo 
Men. 

^e [ami Day his Lordjhip received another Letter 
from the ^een^ of her own Hand^ and fignedbe^ 
lov)y not aSove (as Jbe ufually Jigned)^ as follow* 
eth. 

SINCE the Brain-fick Humour of unadvifed 
Aflault hath feized on the Hearts of Our 
caufelefs Foes, We doubt not but their Gain will 
be their Bane, and Glory their Shame, that ever 
they had the Thought thereof. And that your 
Humour agrees fo rightly with Ours, We think 
it moft fortunately happened in your Rule to fhe w 
the better whole you are, and what you be, as 
your own Hand«Writ hath told Us ot late, and 
do befeech the Almighty Power of the Highcft 
fo to guide your Haiids that nothing light in vain, 
but to profper your Heed that nothing be left 
behind that might avail yourPraife,and thatyourfelf 
in venturing too far make not the Foe a Prey of you. 
Tell Our Army from Us that they make full Ac- 
count 



352, MoKY son's Hijiory BookiL 

count that every loo of thcfti will beat a looo, 
and every looo theirs doubled. I am the bolder 
to pronounce it in his Name, that ever hath pro- 
tcfted my righteous Caufe, in which I blefs them 
all. And putting you in the firft Place, I end, 
fcribling in haite, 

Tour loving Sovereigny 

KR. 

The fame Day his Lordfliip received Letters 
from the Lords in England^ fignifying that lo 
Ships of War fet fail from Rochejfer^ with the 
firft Wind after the 8th of Odlober latt, to attend 
the Coaft of Munfier^ wherein were fent 2000 
Foot for the Army in Munfter^ under Captains 
appointed. That 1000 more were then levied to 
be fent to the Army, by the Way of Briftol and 
Barftahle^ which were left to his Lordfhip, to be 
difpofed in Supplies or Companies, as he thought 
fit. That 1000 Foot more were fent to fupply 
Lough foyle Garrifon. That 200 Horfe were fent 
to his Lordfhip for the Army, and f o Horfe to 
Lougbfojle. That they had fent his Lordfhip, be- 
fidcs the former twenty Laft of Powder, thirty 
Laft more. That they had fent large Provifions 
of Vidtuals. And that they greatly commended 
the Lord Prefiderit's Providence, that he had made 
his Soldiers formerly live of their Pay in Monejr, 
and fo prefcrved the former Store bt Victuals m 
Munfter^ for this time, without which the Army 
could not have kept the Field till the new Provi- 
fions arrived. The laft Part of their Lordfhips 
Letter foUoweth in thefe Words : Hereunto we 
muft add tnis, as that whereof our felves have 
been a good while both Hearers and Obfervers^ 
That no PHnce can apprehend with better Ac- 
ceptation your Lordfhip's Proceeding in that 

Kingdom^ 



Chap.Ii. eTlRELAND.. jjj 

Kingdom, than her Majefty doth, in To much as 
ihe uTed often this Speech, tnat {he would not wi(h 
her Army there, nor the Safety of her People in 
better tmds than in yoursi . In whom (and fo in 
other principal Officers of her State and Army) 
as fhe doth obferve, that all Difficulties arc well 
entertained with Alacrity and Refolution j fo- we 
muft let your Lordfhip know, that when her Ma-^ 
jcfty h^ read a private Letter of yours .to me 
the principal Secretary, written from Kilkenny: 
with your Own Hand, as foon as you had heard 
the >ifews of a foreign Enemy, it pleafed h^r Ma- 
jcfty to caufe it be read to us alL as being written 
in a Stile, wherein ihe difcerned both the (bong 
Powers 0* your own Mind (in promifing to your 
felf all happy Succefs againft fuch an Enemy) 
and the lively AflTeftions you bear to her Perfon 
(for which you. defire to be made a Sacrifice,) 
wherein although you have not deceived her for- 
mer Expectation, yet her Maiefty would have you 
know, that ihe doth not doubt, out you ihall live^ 
to do her many more Services, after you have 
made the Province of Munfter fcrve for a Sepul- 
cher to thcfe new Conquerors. Of the 4060 Men 
which now her Majefty fendeth into Munfter^ 
wc fend only 2000 under Captains, the reil wc 
leave to Condu6kors, to be ufed as you ihall pleafe, 
when they arriv^ and to difplace any whom we 
do fend, if you think them not fufficient. Now 
therefore till we hear further firom you, we have 
no more to fay, but that we account our felves all 
in one Ship with you > that we will all concur 
to advance by our Miniiiry, whatfoever her Ma- 
jefty ihall relolve to do for you, all of us having 
one End and one Defire, to inable you as her Ma- 
jefty's principal Inftrument, to free that King- 
dom from the malicious Attempts of foreign 
Power, and to redeem it out of the inward Mile- 
ry by inteftine Rebellion. 
Vol. I. Z ^V^ 



3 54 Moryson'5 Hifiory Book 11* 

The cth of Nowmbtr four Barks with Muni- 
tion ana Viftual^ that w^rc fent from Dublin^ ar- 
rived in Kinfale Harbour, and upon certain Intel- 
ligence, that Tyrone was coming up with a great 
Army to join with the Spaniard^ it was refolvcd 
by the Council of State, and the Colonels df 
Council at War, that the next Day the Camp 
fhould be fortified againft Tyrone^ on the Noltn 
Side fiirtheft from the Townward, and that the 
next Day following, the Lord Prefidcnt with two 
Regiments of Foot, confifting of 2100 Men in 
Lilr, and with jif Horfe, mould draw to the 
Borders of the Province, to flop, or at leafl hin- 
der Tyrone*s Paflage. To which Purpofc the Loid • 
Barry^ and the Lord Bourkj with the Forces of 
the Country, had Direction to attend the Lord 
Prefident. 

The 6th Day the Camp was accordingly forti- 
fied, and the 7th in the Morning, the Lord Pre- 
fident with the faid Horfe and Foot left the Camp, 
at which time it was concluded by both Councils, 
that we could attempt nothing againfl the Town, 
until either the Lord Prefident returned, or the 
new Forces and Provifions promifcd from England 
aiTived, it being judged a great Work for us in 
the mean time, to continue our lying before the 
Town, fincc the Spaniards in tlie Town were 
more in Number, than we who befieged them. 

The fame jth Day his Lordjhip and the Council here 
'wrote to the Lords in England this following 
Letter. 

It may pleafe your Lordfhips^ 

THE ill: and 2d of this prefeht Month, we 
received her Majefty's and your Lordfhips 
m 'ft comfortable Letters, of the 4th and 6th of 
the laft, and for the fpecial Care it pleafeth you 
to take of us, do yield (as we have jufl Caufc) 

our 



Chap.lt 0/ IRELAND. ^^f 

dur moft humble and hcarticft Thanks, prdtefting 
that we will labour to defetvc the fame and the 
Continuance which it pleafcth your Lordfhips to 
pYomik thereof, with the uttdrilioft of out En- 
deavours and Services^ dven td the faCrificing 
of our Lives; And in the mean time humbly 
pray your Lordlhips both to accept in good Part 
and favourably to ireport unto her Majdtty, what 
hitherto we nave been able to perform, though 
Nothing to that we did affeft, it <Jur Me^s had 
anfwered our Deflres^ or that little we dxpefted 
to come frbm Dublin j which we fent fdr upon the 
Spaniards firft landing here, hadbyamdrefavour-|* 
able Wind arrived fooner, as we hoped. We be-» 
feech- your Lordfliips give Us leave to refer yoxi" 
foi: your Information in that Point to the Journal 
whieh here withal wC fend, for thereby we con-» 
ccive will bcft appear, bdth what we have done* 
and were enablect to do, fince the Return of 
Mafter Marfhal and other Officers and Comman-^ 
ders, fent of purpofe into the Pale, and the Parts 
Northwards, to draw the Forces thercabbuts the 
itaiorc (peedily hither to us, and to haften hither 
fuch otherProvifi6ns,as give us leave here we fliould 
have need of. And with your Lordfliips Favour, 
Jicenfe us to add, that we can hardly proceed any 
further, till our Supplies of Men and Munitions 
come J for we find it a Work of great Difficulty 
and afTured Lofs of Men, and Exp^nce df all Pro- 
vilions of War, to undertake with thefe Means 
we have to foi'ce fo mlny Men otit of any Place, 
although it wdrd not greatly otherwife fortified 
but by thd Bodies otMen bnly^ whereas this 
Town of Kinfale hath a good Wall, and many 
ftrong Caftles in it. 

We do look hcJurly for Tyrone^ cfteemed to be 
coming with a great Army of Horfe and Foot, 
felefted out of all the Rebels in Ireland^ and from 
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his cotniQg thcfe Provincials will difcover them- 
felves either againft us or Neutrals (as they are) 
for better we do not cxpeft from thetn. Except 
our Supplies do come before his Arrival, wc fhall 
hardly be Mailers of the Field, but rather driven 
(we fear) to difcontinue our Siege > yet if her 
Majefty's Shipping, Provifions, and Supplies^ do 
arrive in any time, wc hope to give her (c'rc it 
be long) a good Account of this Place > though 
we defire your Lordfhips to confider the Dim- 
culties we nave to contend with in this Country 
and Seafon of the Year, bolides the Force and 
Oppofition of the Enemy. I the Prefident do 
acknowledge the Reccit of fuch an Intelligence, 
concerning Captain ji. as it pleafeth your Liord-* 
fiiips to remember, and (ince that time kept very 
good fpyal upon him, and have had the Sight of 
all his Papers, vet cannot find any thing gives me 
Caufe to fufpea him s and theremre we all think 
it fit, feeing his Company is returned hither f 
mong other, to make ufe of his Service hcr^ for 
which we find him very fit, until there may be 
fome apt Oacafion to difpofe of him elfewnere, 
without giving him Difcontentment, unlefs wc 
had more particular and certain Ground to charge 
him with, which wc muft receive from thence : 
Yet, in the mean time, he fhall be fo narrowly 
looked unto, as if he have the Will (which we 
doubt not,) he fhall not have Means to hurt 
much. 

The flime 7th Day his Lordfhip underfbmding 
from Maftcr Secretary by his Letter, dated the 
ipth of the laft Month, and received the fecond 
of this Month, that he found her Majefly incHned 
to make one Governor over all Ulfter^ and efpe- 
cially to like of Sir j4rf bur Cbichefier for th^t grcsLt 
Charge, whereupon he purpofcd to proceed tnere- 
in, if his Lordfhip would explain himfelf, how 
ha would have that Matter carried. 

His 



Chap.IL Y IRELAND. 357 

His Lordflup wrote his Mind plainly ^herein, 
jadvifing that Sir Arthur Chichefier fhould be mide 
Governor of all Ulfter^ by what Name it fliould 

Sleafe her Majefly to give him, whereby he might 
iredb all the Parts or that Province, and be Re- 
fidcnt where he Ihould think fitteft for the Ser- 
vice, commanding in Chief where he came. The 
managing of the War to be in general left to 
himfdf, except he received particular Direftions 
upon Ipccial Occafions from England^ or from the 
Lord Deputy, adding, that from him the Lords 
might be more fpcedily informed, of what is 
done, or fit to be required for the making of that 
War, whom of all other Commanders he thought 
fitteft for that Charge, praying that the Lords 
there would advife him and Sir Henry Dockivra^ to 
hold a good Correfpondency for her Majefty's 
Service, fince he conceived the War was to be 
chiefly made by their two joining together. For 
the Scots^ that any Number not exceeding 4000 
might in his Conceit fitly be entertained, and left 
to the Difpofal of Sir Arthur Chichefler^ whofe 
Judgment upon the State of things there, was 
fitteft to be followed, for he could oeftchufe apt 
Places to lodge them, 'till Sir Henry Dockwra 
and he might draw into the Field, when thofc 
Scots Ihouldjoin with them, and would be of ve- 
ry great U(e to fpoil, which is the beft Service 
can be done upoa the Irijb. Concluding that he 
had written to Sir Arthur Chichefier^ that he fliould 
fend into England to him the Secretary, his Opi- 
nion in this Bufinefs, which (no doubt) he would 
prefently do. But this Pro] eft of appointing a 
Governor in Ulfter^ took no Effeft by reafon that 
Tyrone with moft of his Forces were defeated 
ihortly after in Munfier. 

Mafter Secretary at the feme time had fent his 
Lordfhip Spanijb News, which in this his Anfwer 
he confefled were very likely, yet thought it would 

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be very hard for them (o majcc ready 400Q McQ 
more before Chriftmas. He fignificd that they 
here were all of Opinion, that the "Neccflity of 
the Spanijb Forces already in Ireland^ being mor^ 
than was expe&ed, both by Lofs at Se^ and Unce 
their coming hither, and by the failing' of the 
Irijh hitherto to join with them, their ^uppUe^ 
would be haftened fooner than was determined ; 
For fo they were advertifed by all the Prifoners 
taken, and by fuch as did come unto us froni 
them. His Lordlhip acknowledged himfelf ver 
iy nmch bound unto Mafter Secretary for the 
good Difpatch he procured with this 1^ l^aiTageji 
and not the leaft that her M^efty wasplfsafed to 
allow of their Entertainment of the Irtjb^ jet bc- 
ir^ched him to believe that by this Coune they 
had prevented Tyrone of a great many Men, that 
otherwife would and muft have ferved him for 
]p^ntertainment, having no other Meims to live^ 
and yet hitherto all was done, within the Compafi 
of tne Lift, and the White Knight was one oi 
them, that before the coming of this Approbation 
was provided for, (q careful was he to give him 
good Contentment. 

For their Outcries in the Pale, be anfwcrcd that 
he did not mar\^el, for by that which he had ob- 
ferved, he did judge that the Word Pale bad coft 
the Queen a Million, and yet fo ill were they dif- 
pofed, and fo backward even in their own De- 
fence, as they now fuffcrcd Tyrone with a few 
Horfe, about the Number of (So to burn and prey 
them at his pleafurc, though they were able of 
themfelvcs to have beaten him and all hi$ Forces, 
and befides had the Affiftance of Companies in 
the Queen's Pay, being 3000 or 2,000 at leaft, yet 
if he would conlider, that 4000 Spaniards (for fo 
the Prifoner that we took delivered them to be 
upon his Salutation, with whom all our Prifoners 
Relation and our Intelligence did concur) are pof- 

feflca 



Chap.tt. of IKELAND. 3^9 

fefled of a Town full of ftrong Houfcs, and wal- 
led about, and helped with many Advantages of 
Ground, (though commanded by fome Places,) 
he might eaiily eonceive, that it muft be no fmall 
Army can force them, fince our Approaches this 
Winter were fo difficult, that the very Trenches 
we made were continually filled with Water, and 
the Decay of our Men was fo great, by continu- 
al Labour, Sicknefs, Sword, and Bullet. And 
therefore we had no reafon to keep a great Body 
^ of Men in thcf Pale to guard it, till this dange-" 
rous War were finilhed. But to prevent this Cla- 
mour of the Pale it was meerly impoflible, though 
it would pleafe her Majefty to keep there loooo 
in her Pay, when they would not ftir, nor raife 
the Cry, but fuffer themfelves to be fo ufed, out 
of the Malice of their own Hearts, that they 
might have fome Colour of Complaint, being the 
worft Sort of People in all the Kingdom, though 
he protefted he had been as careful of them, as if 
they had been his Kindred or fpecial Friends, 
knowing well their Humour to be fo clamorous. 

For her Majefty's Expence, he befought him to 
believe, that no Man did look upon it with more 
Griet than himfelf, who reaped no Commodity 
by it, only being a painful and faithful Diftribu- 
ter thereof, according to the Neceflity of her 
own Service : But if nc did hot from his Soul de- 
fire, and with all his Wits and Endeavour feek to 
abridge it, and to end both her War and Charge, 
then he defired no Mercy of God, nor Favour 
from her. And if he were not bound thereto by 
his publick Duty, yet he protefted, that his pri-< 
vate Eftate would urge him thereunto j which he 
found unable any longer to continue the Expence, at 
which he was forced to live, growing greater by 
the mixed Coin, as he ever thought it would fall ve-« 
ry heavy upon him, by which Reafon he might value 
his Entertainment to belefsby the half, than it was 

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m the time of the cdd Standard. For VBrhatfoevcr 
vre boujght with this new Coioj^ it w^ rajfed to 
the double Price. 

Whereas it feemed Mailer Secretary had been 
informed, that all they which of late fubmitted 
thcmfclves to her Majefty's Mercy and Protefti- 
pnj^ ^ere now again revolted to the Rebels : He 
anl wercd, that it was true, that fome of them 
had made their Peace with Tyrone^ and in truth, 
except we could have given Order for their De- 
fence againft him, he did never expeft other from 
them, and efpecially fince the Arrival of this fo- 
reign Force, he did think none in Ireland fo fure 
but even here in Munfter they would do the like, 
if our Army di(i not hang over them, yea, he 
was fure that the Lord Prefident was of tnc fame 
Opinion. But he was not moved to prefcrve any 
thmg which the World (to his Difadvantage) 
might call his, by negle£kin2 that which he knew 
fitted to be preierved for her M^jefty and her 
Service. Touching thefe Submittees while they 
were in Rebellion, he did fpoil^ wafte and kill ma- 
ny of them, when they were received to Mercy, 
he made many of them kill others in Rebellion, 
and lofe their Lives for the Qiieen's Service, 
and now they were again revolted, he doubted not 
but either to ruin them again, or to force then^ 
to Submiffion, upon what Conditions he lifted, 
if God pleafed to fend us an happy End of this 
War with the foreign Enemy. Forthe Atchieve-' 
ment whereof he hoped he ihould hear (by the 
Grace of the eternal God) that they would ad- 
venture as for, and in as good a Faihion, as might 
be expeftcd from this Army, upon the Arrival 
of the Supplies of Men and Munition. Till when 
he protelted, that we were at a Stand, becaufc 
that he was raoft fure, that without good Num- 
bers of Men, and Store of all Sorts ot Munition, 
this Town fo manned ;xs it was, could not be 
forced. He 



He added, that hitherto (God be thanked) wo 
had in all pur Endeavours profptted againft thi« 
proiid Enefny^ and that there never was Armj 
better difpofod than this, f|or Commanders that 
continuajlyihewed more found Jud^pient and brave 
pUfolution than ours h^ done ; In particular, that 
Sir Oliver St, Jofjn had had great Honoqr givoi 
him by the whole Army for |hat which he did in 
their Sight, for he found no man come off froni 
the Skirmilh (mentioned in the Journal) which 
(pake not of what he had extraordipaiily performed 
with his own Hand, and that in a far greater Meapf 
fure th^n was therein related : That at the fam« 
Time the X^ord Audky was hurt fightiqg very 
gallantly, and if it fhould pleafe her Majefty to 
jpake notice thereof, it would be a great Q>m9 
fort to them, and Encoungement to the reft; 
That he hoped God would enable us ihortly^td 
fend him Relations of better Service, In tht$ 
mean Tiipe and ever he prayed the eternal God 
to preferve her Majefty and her Kingdoms, a'n4 
fend them, her poor Servants, Peace and (^ett 
nefs. 

He added that he could wifh it had pleafed her 
Majefty to have left the Horfe to his Difpofal^ 
or at the leaft to have beftowed them on fome 
EngUJbman^ for as they were conferred, though 
he held the Commander a worthy Gentleman and 
faithful to her Majefty's Service, yet he was MJhj 
and in {hort time would nuke thofe Horfe Irip^ 
fo as he accounted to have received only loo to 
fcrve his Purpole j for he did very much build 
on thofe Horfe, not only to be his chief Strength 
at this Time, but to have flood hereafter when 
her Majefty did leflen the Army, to be employed 
for the abfolute finifhin^ of this War. And to 
this Purpofc now (in aU Likelihood) he fhould 
not be able to make Ufe of them, which he con- 
feffed did not a little trouble him. 



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He added, that although there were but 4009 
Spaniards already landed, and they had no Horfifj^ 

J ret there was no doubt but they woqld avail them-^ 
elves of great Affiftance in this Country, and 
that with a Number much about this of natural 
Sfaniards ^hpir King had made the long continued 
great War in the Low-Countries : Befides, he 
befought him to remember that about zoo Sfoni* 
oris held a Fort lately built at Croyiien inBritaf^^ 
till Sir John Narris loft very near ifoo Men be- 
fore it : that (God be thanked) we had plucked 
ifo Spaniards by the Ears out of Rsneorram^ and 
we hoped (b^ the Grace ef God) to do the like 
by them in Kinfak y yet, except God fhould pleafe 
ezd^rdinarily to work for us, this was not likely 
to be done without great Lofs of Men and Expence 
of all Provifions to that Purpofe i For now they 
began to work very hard abqut fortifying of the 
Town, finding (as themfelves (aid) that they had 
other Men to deal wit)^ than they expe&edj &r. 

The 8th of Ncvemher certain Ships, to the 
Number of 1 3, were defcried to pafs by Kinfak 
to the Wcftward, but it was not known whether, 
they were Englijh or Spaniards. The loth Day 
we had News that the Earl ofT^omond was landed 
with 1000 Foot left to the Lord Deputy's Dif-? 
po&l, and with 100 Horfc appointed in England 
to be commanded by the faid Earl ) and tbefe 
were the 1 3 Ships difcovered to pafs Wcftward. 

By this Time the Spaniards had gotten Know- 
ledge of the Lord Prefident's Departure from the 
Camp with good Part of our Forces, and there- 
upon fuppo(mg us to be much weakened, (as in- 
deed we were, and inferior in Bodies of Men to 
them in the Town), they drew out this Day 
about Noon moft Part of their Forces, and foon 
after fent feme 60 Shot and Pikes to the Foot of 
the Hill clofe by our Camp, leaving their Trenches 
very well linccf for their Seconds : Some of ours 

were 



Chap.H. ^ J I?. EI, AND,: ^6^ 

yrpre prefently drawn out to entertain ^kirmidi 
with thofe that came up, and another ffarongParT 
ty was fent out towards Rincorran^ who from the 
bufhy Hill play 'd in Flank^ upon their Trenc|ies^ 
and aid beat them frqm the fani^ ^ fo as thev that 
yere firf^ Tent out clofp %o our Camp being beatea 
l^ci^ by our Shot, and thinking to find the Se<? 
conds they }eft behind them,^ were difappointed 
by their (quitting of the Trenches, and by that 
Means driven to follow the reft to the Succour of 
the Town ^ our Men following with pauch Fury 
hurt and killed 4^^^<^^j amongft whom they 
brought off the Body ot a S>erjeant, and poflefTed 
^e Enemy's Trencnes, the which the Enemies 
(being reinforced) made many Attempts to regain, 
but were repulfed and beaten back hito the Town. 
We heard by divers thai Dqn Jean committed the 
Serje^t-M'ajor, who cominat4d them in chief, 
»relehtly after die Fight, and threatened to take 
lis Head> commended highly the Valour of our 
wleri, arid cry*d Sh^e upon the Cowardice of his 
own, who he faid had been the Terror of all Na* 
tions, but now had loft that Reputation $ and ho 
gave ftreight Commandndent upon Pain of Death, 
which he caufed to be fet up on the Town Gates, 
that from thenceforth ncKMan fhould come ofr 
from any Service until he fhould be fetched off 
by his Officer,, thoiigh his Powder were fpent or 
his Piece broken, biit make good his Place with 
hi§ Sword. Capt. Soto^ one of their beft Com- 
mapder^ was that Day flain, (for whom they made 
very groat Moan), and fome lo more, beiides thofe 
we hurt, which could not but be many. Qn our 
Side only fome i o were hurt and 3 killed, among 
whom Mr. Hopton^ a Gentleman of the Lord De- 
puty's Band, was lore hurt, and in few Days died 
thereof. If this Skirmifh had not been readily and rc- 
^ folutely anfwered on ourPart, the Spaniards nad then 
difcovered the Snialnefs of our Numbers, and 



3^4 MoRTsoN^f Hifiory BookIL 

would no doiibt have fo plied us with coutinu4 
Sallies as we ihould hardly have been able to con* 
tioue the Siege. 

The I ith Day we had News that the lOo Hoife, 
and the looo Foot embarked at Barftable^ (hoth 
which were left to the Lord Deputy's Difpofal, the 
Horfe to be made hew Troops^ the Foot to be 
difperfed for Supplies, or to rwc new Companies 
as his Lordfhip ihould think fit) were arrived at 
fFatcrford. 

The I ith Day Sir Richard Levifin^ Admiral of 
the Queen^s Fleet fent into Ireland^ and Sir jtmias 
Prefion^ Vice- Admiral, were arriv^ with lo Ships 
of War 4t Cork^ wherein we had 2000 Foot all 
under Captains appointed in England^ befides other 
Provifiom of Artillery and Munition, and his 
Lordfhip direfted the Admiral with all Speed to 
bring the Fleet into the EM>our of Kinfak. 

f%e I pb Day his Lordjbip wrote to Rafter Secretary 

this following Lefier : 
SIR, 

HEARING that our laft Packet is not yet 
gone from Cork, by Reafon of the Contra- 
riety of the Wind, I hj^vc fo good Occaiion to 
make this Addition to our former Difpatch that 
I have received Letters from my Lord of Tiomond, 
Sir jinthony Cook, and oth^ from divers Places, 
that all. the Supplies appointed for this Province 
arc fafely arrived at JVaterford, Toghal, Cork, and 
Cafile-Haven, with no Icls (that I can hear of) 
but of one Vi6hialcr, although the Weather hath 
been extreme tcmpeftuous \ and this laft Evening 
I was informed but by a Rumour, that the Queen's 
Ships were difcovercd about the Haven of Cork, 
whereupon I prefently difpatched to Sir Richard 
Levifon to put into the Haven of Kinfak, for o- 
thcrwife it would be long ere we fhall be able to 
avail ourfclves of fuch Artillery and Munition as 

he 



Chip.IL «/ IRELAND.' 3^; 

lie brought for us. From my Lotd Prefident I 
heard that the Rebels are drawn down very ftroag^ 
whereupon I have dircded Sir Cbriftopher St.Lau^ 
rence (that was coming to the Camjp with moll of 
the Forces of the Pale) to repair Ipeedily to my 
Lord President, and I mean to fend unto him 
all the Horfe tnat is now come out of England^ 
which I hope will be Forces fufficient to ftop 
any Power the Rebels can make, fbecially fince 
y'yrone (as I hear) himfelf will not be with them 
except they do ileal by, which will be hard to 
prevent. If they come to force their Paflage, I 
am confident that againfl: fo many Horfe as the 
Lord Prefident fhalT have, they will never put 
themfelves Uppn the Plain : For although they are 
as dangerous ah Enemy as any are in the World, 
when we are driven to feek them in their Strength, 
or pafs their Faftnefs, yet are they the worft ana 
wcakeft to force their own Way, either upon 
Streights or Plains, fo that e:fqcept they ileal their 
I^aiTage, (which I fear moil), I make no doubt 
but my Lord Preiident will give a very good Ac* 
count of them. We hear in the Camp, fince our 
4ail Letters, have not had much to do, only the 
Enemy one Day drew out (I think) moil of his 
whole Force, upon Opinion that the greateil Part 
of our Army was gone from us to meet the Re- 
bels, and began a round Fight with us clofe to 
our Trenches J but we entertained them fo well 
that we waited on them Home to the Walls of 
the Town, and made them leave fome of their 
dead Bodies behind them, although we faw them 
carry many oiF with them. They have made with- 
in lefs than Caliver Shot of our Trenches very 
good Fights, even from thence clofe to the Town, 
fo that our Men did follow them with great Dif- 
advantage, yet we did beat them from one Trench 
to another, till I had much ado to make our Sol- 
diers come oflF. The greateil Lofs of our Side 



^66 MbRVsoN*^ f^iftor^ Booklj. 

£d\ to my Share, for I had one of my Compan]^ 
killed, and a very gallant Gentleman that tttved 
in that Band, called Mr. Hopton^ hiirt (I fear) td 
death, and I think there wjfi not above i or 3 
more that were killed in the Cam{$ ovei: our Heads 
while we were in the SkirmifK. Then we made 
them fo good a Mufter that tKey hkVe thought 
good to check us no more, but within the Town 
and without they do work very hatci, and have railed 
Ravelins and Mounts, and we on the Contrary 
Side keep veiy good watch j for if we fhould re- 
ceive but one Blow of the Spamjh Fencer, all 
Ireland would take Heart with it \ and we have 
no great ReaTon to be Very fecure, for believe 
me upon my Honour, I think the Befieged are 
more m Numbers than we that are the Befiegers 
at this Time. They do continually taftd us, but 
they find us fo well at our Ward that they ftill 
go away with the Venules. And now, if the 
Queen's Ships be come, we will caft at all, and 1 
hope in God, ere it be long, win a fair Game for 
the Queen, whofe Money we play. If any with- 
out confideration of the juft Circumftanccsof our 
prefent Bufinefs, to fcrve any private Purpofe,' 
ux me for being too negligent of other Parts of 
this Kingdom, and too large in my Demands, I 
bcfeech you. Sir, to believe that I had good 
Ground both for my precipitate drawing hither, 
and for the Provifions I have craved to ftrcngthen 
myfelf by all Means while I am about this Work. 
For the firft, it was not my Opinion only, but 
my Lord Prefident's, that if I did not fuddenly 
make Head to this Force mod of this Province 
would have revolted 5 and if we had fuflFered the 
Force of Spain to have been Mafters of the Field 
but 6 Days, as cilily they might have been, if 
we had not fought well to prevent it, I afliire 
myfelf that all the Towns of this Province would 
have revolted, and the Current of that Fortune 

would